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Porgy and Bess
Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna with Paolo Fresu and David Linx
Recorded in December 1999 at Spazio Link in Sassari
“Porgy and Bess,” suite for trumpet and orchestra by Gil Evans, based on a score by George Gershwin transcribed by Gunther Schuller and superbly performed by Paolo Fresu and the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, with David Linx as solo vocalist. All who hear this recording will be inexorably drawn into a universe of sound of endless fascination. Fourteen tracks for a musical journey into the heart of Afro-American music.
CD is on sale at Notebook, the Auditorium bookshop, and at leading Italian music stores.
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| 1. The buzzard song |
| 2. Bess, you is my woman now |
| 3. Gone |
| 4. Gone, gone, gone |
| 5. Summertime |
| 6. Bess, oh where’s my Bess |
| 7. Prayer (oh Doctor Jesus) |
| 8. Fishermen, Strawberry and devil crab |
| 9. My Man’s gone now |
| 10. It an’t necessarily so |
| 11. Here come de honey man |
| 12. I loves you, Porgy |
| 13. There’s a boat that’s leaving soon for New York |
| 14. Bess, you is my woman now (Bonus Track) |
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