ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG Porgy And Bess LP 1959 1ST PRESS Verve VINYL

Description: Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, but not quite as great as it sounded. Armstrong savors the down-and-dirty Charlestonisms that inspired the cadences of the music and lyrics, and they fit his happy rasp like an old shoe; Fitzgerald, conversely, sounds almost prissy every time she has to sing the word "ain't," though her melodic genius gets Gershwin's bold, supple tunes over. The arrangements are full-throttle Broadway, with a few leaps into Dixieland (including some fine Armstrong trumpet solos), but the disc works best when the vocalists break character and let their jazz side out. --Douglas Wolk

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Artist: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong

Type: LP

Format: Record

Record Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Release Year: 1959

Record Label: Verve

Sleeve Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Release Title: Porgy & Bess

Material: Vinyl