by Miles Davis · Sony Music Jazz · CD · EAN 5099706514121
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«Porgy and Bess» is the jazz album by Miles Davis, released in 1997 by Sony Music Jazz, on CD.
The album reinterprets the opera by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin with Gil Evans's orchestral arrangements and Miles Davis's trumpet, within cool jazz. Notable tracks include «Summertime», «Bess, You Is My Woman Now» and «It Ain't Necessarily So».
1997 CD reissue with 15 tracks: the thirteen tracks of the original album and two alternate takes. Recorded in 1958 and 1959; label on cover: Columbia/Legacy.
For cool jazz listeners and collectors interested in the collaborations between Miles Davis and Gil Evans.
