Porgy & Bess (Mundell Lowe album)

Porgy & Bess
Studio album by Mundell Lowe and his All Stars
Released	1958
Recorded	July 16 & 17 and October 3, 1958 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:49
Label	RCA Camden CAL-490
Mundell Lowe chronology
A Grand Night for Swinging (1957) Porgy & Bess (1958) TV Action Jazz! (1959)

Porgy & Bess is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars featuring their interpretations of the George Gershwin folk opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1958 for the RCA Camden label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Lowe's arrangements are colorful and swinging, doing justice to the music while turning the familiar themes into jazz".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by George Gershwin

1. "Summertime" - 4:46
2. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:05
3. "I Loves You, Porgy" - 4:57
4. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" - 2:50
5. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 2:18
6. "Red Headed Woman" - 2:22
7. "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:24
8. "It Takes a Long Pull to Get There" - 2:46
9. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:11
10. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 3:10

Personnel

• Mundell Lowe - guitar
• Art Farmer - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6-9)
• Don Elliott - mellophone, vibraphone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6-9)
• Tony Scott - clarinet, baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6-9)
• Ben Webster - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6-9)
• George Duvivier - bass
• Osie Johnson - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6-9)
• Ed Shaughnessy - drums, vibraphone (tracks 3, 5 & 10)

References