Porgy and Bess (Hank Jones album)

1959 studio album by Hank Jones

Porgy and Bess

Studio album by

Hank Jones

Released| 1959
Recorded| Late 1958
NYC
Genre| Jazz
Length| 33:34
Label| Capitol
T/ST 1175
Producer| Dave Cavanaugh and Andy Wiswell
Hank Jones chronology
| The Talented Touch
(1958)  | Porgy and Bess
(1959)  | Here's Love
(1963)

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Porgy and Bess (subtitled Swingin' Impressions by Hank Jones) is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring interpretations of music from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1958 for the Capitol label.[1][2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3] On All About Jazz, Franz A. Matzner noted, "Supported by Milt Hinton and Kenny Burrell, as well as brother Elvin's immeasurable percussive abilities, Hank's playing stands out crisply in its almost minimalist approach. Elvin displays a light touch which may contrast with his usual pyrotechnic image, but is here perfectly matched to Hank's deliberative style, enhancing the subdued, intimate feel of this unusually pared down production".[4] In JazzTimes, Thomas Conrad was less enthusiastic and wrote, "Jones' encounters with icons like "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necessarily So" bring no important insights. They are mannered, highly stylized and flawless".[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by George Gershwin

1. "Summertime" - 2:34
2. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 2:11
3. "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:44
4. "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" - 2:42
5. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 2:47
6. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:26
7. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" - 2:30
8. "Oh, I Can't Sit Down" - 4:06
9. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 3:28
10. "I Ain't Got No Shame" - 2:16

## Personnel

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* Hank Jones \- piano
* Kenny Burrell \- guitar
* Milt Hinton \- bass
* Elvin Jones \- drums, percussion

## References

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1. ^ Capitol Records Discography accessed July 31, 2015
2. ^ Hank Jones Catalog accessed July 31, 2015
3. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed July 31, 2015
4. ^ Matzner, F. A., All About Jazz Review, July 10, 2004
5. ^ Conrad, T., JazzTimes Review, January/February 2005

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Porgy and Bess

Sources|

* Novel
* Play

Adaptations|

* Opera
* Film adaptation
* Catfish Row
* Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture

Creators|

* George Gershwin
* Ira Gershwin
* DuBose Heyward
* Dorothy Heyward

Songs|

* "Summertime"
* "My Man's Gone Now"
* "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
* "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
* "It Ain't Necessarily So"
* "I Loves You, Porgy"

Media|

* Discography

| Jazz treatments|

* The Complete Porgy and Bess (1956 album)
* Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)
* Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album)
* Porgy and Bess (Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae album)
* Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
* Porgy and Bess (Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne album)
* Porgy and Bess (Hank Jones album)
* Porgy & Bess (Mundell Lowe album)
* Porgy & Bess Revisited
* Porgy & Bess (Buddy Collette album)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
* Porgy and Bess (Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass album)
* Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson album)

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Operatic treatments|

* Highlights from Porgy and Bess
* Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess (1940 and 1942 albums)
* Porgy and Bess (1950 album)
* Porgy and Bess (1951 album)
* Porgy and Bess (1989 Glyndebourne album)
* The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

* v
* t
* e

Hank Jones

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* Urbanity (1947–53)
* Bluebird (1955)
* Quartet-Quintet (1955)
* The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955)
* Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
* Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
* Gigi (1958)
* Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958)
* Porgy and Bess (1958)
* The Talented Touch (1958)
* Here's Love (1963)
* This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
* Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Hanky Panky (1975)
* Arigato (1976)
* Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
* Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
* Bop Redux (1977)
* Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
* I Remember You (1977)
* Just for Fun (1977)
* Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
* Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
* Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978)
* Compassion (1978)
* Groovin' High (1978)
* More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Bluesette (1979)
* I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
* Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987)
* The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988)
* The Oracle (1989)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
* Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994)
* Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006)
* Come Sunday (2010)

The Great
Jazz Trio|

* I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976)
* Love for Sale (1976)
* Direct from L.A. (1977)
* Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977)
* The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977)
* Milestones (1978)
* New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

With
Bob
Brookmeyer|

* Brookmeyer (1956)
* Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)
* Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
* Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956)
* Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958)
* Jazz Is a Kick (1960)
* Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961)
* Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)

With

Cohn|

* That Old Feeling (1955)
* The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955)
* Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
* From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
* The Sax Section (1956)
* Son of Drum Suite (1960)

With
Coleman
Hawkins|

* The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
* The Hawk in Paris (1956)
* Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58)
* The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)

With
Johnny
Hodges|

* Sandy's Gone (1963)
* Wings & Things (1965)
* Blue Notes (1966)
* Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967)
* Triple Play (1967)
* 3 Shades of Blue (1970)

With
Milt
Jackson|

* Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
* Opus de Jazz (1955)
* The Jazz Skyline (1956)
* Bags & Flutes (1957)
* Bags & Trane (1959)
* Statements (1962)
* Big Bags (1962)
* For Someone I Love (1963)
* Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
* Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964)
* Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)

With
J.J.
Johnson|

* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* Jay and Kai (1957)
* J.J.'s Broadway (1963)
* J.J.! (1964)
* Broadway Express (1965)
* The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)

With
Oliver
Nelson|

* Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
* Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
* The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
* The Kennedy Dream (1967)
* The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)

With
Sonny
Stitt|

* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* Sonny Stitt Plays (1955)
* Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957)
* Stitt in Orbit (1960–62)
* Now! (1962)
* Goin' Down Slow (1972)

With
others|

* The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957)
* Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
* Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
* Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
* Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
* Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
* Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965)
* Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58)
* Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
* Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959)
* Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
* Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62)
* Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
* For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973)
* Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955)
* New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
* Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
* 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
* Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
* Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
* Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
* Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959)
* Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
* Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957)
* Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
* The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
* Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61)
* Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962)
* New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
* Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
* A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
* The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
* Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
* Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
* Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963)
* Gigi Gryce (1958)
* You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
* I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
* The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
* Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
* Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951)
* French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
* Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62)
* And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966)
* Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
* SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959)
* The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952)
* I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003)
* Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
* Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
* Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957)
* 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962)
* Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982)
* Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
* The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
* Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
* SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961)
* Great Day (James Mody, 1963)
* Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956)
* The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
* Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984)
* All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962)
* New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979)
* So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
* Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
* Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978)
* Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
* The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957)
* Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957)
* The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967)
* The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
* Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
* Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964)
* Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
* See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964)
* Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955)
* Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
* Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956)
* The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
* But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969)
* The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958)
* Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
* More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
* Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)

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