Album · 1978
Porgy and Bess
Tracklist
1
"Summertime"
Porgy and Bess
3:34
2
A woman is a sometime thing
Porgy and Bess
2:58
3
"An' he's gone, gone, gone..."
Porgy and Bess
5:58
4
My man's gone now
Porgy and Bess
4:47
5
"Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'"
Porgy and Bess
4:07
6
"I got plenty o' nuttin'"
Porgy and Bess
2:52
7
"Bess, you is my woman"
Porgy and Bess
6:03
8
"It ain't necesseraly so"
Porgy and Bess
3:10
9
"You bes' hurry up..." "Oh! What you want wid Bess?"
Porgy and Bess
8:45
10
"I loves you Porgy"
Porgy and Bess
2:15
11
"There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York"
Porgy and Bess
4:10
12
"Oh Bess! Where's my Bess! Oh Lawd' i'm on my Way..."
Porgy and Bess
6:27
In print
First pressed 1977, still pressed 2016 — 13 pressings across 4 countries.
Credits
J.J. Stelmach
Art Direction
George Gershwin
Composer
John DeMain
Conductor
Romain Macé
Design
Anthony Salvatore
Engineer
Paul Goodman
Engineer
Dick Hyman
Instrument · piano [jasbo brown]
Robert Kimball
Liner Notes
Thomas Z. Shepard
Liner Notes
Dorothy Heyward
Lyricist
DuBose Heyward
Lyricist
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Performing Orchestra
Houston Grand Opera
Producer
Jack O'Brien (2)
Producer
Jay David Saks
Producer
Sherwin M. Goldman
Producer
Alexander B. Smalls
Vocal · vocals [jake]
Alex Carrington (2)
Vocal · vocals [scipio]
Andrew Smith (89)
Vocal · vocals [crown]
Bernard Thacker
Vocal · vocals [mingo]
Betty Lane
Vocal · vocals [clara]
Carol Brice
Vocal · vocals [maria]
Clamma Dale
Vocal · vocals [bess]
Cornel Richie
Vocal · vocals [undertaker]
Donnie Ray Albert
Vocal · vocals [porgy]
Glover Parham
Vocal · vocals [robbins]
Hansford Rowe (2)
Vocal · voice [detective]
Hartwell Mace
Vocal · vocals [jim]
Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus
Vocal · chorus [children]
Houston Grand Opera Chorus
Vocal · chorus
John B. Ross
Vocal · voice [coroner]
Kenneth Barry
Vocal · voice [mr. archdale]
Larry Marshall
Vocal · tenor vocals
Larry T. Marshall
Vocal · vocals [sportin' life]
Mervin Wallace
Vocal · vocals [peter, the honey man]
Myra Merritt
Vocal · vocals [lily]
Phyllis Bash
Vocal · vocals [strawberry woman]
Raymond Bazemore
Vocal · vocals [frazier]
Shirley Baines
Vocal · vocals [annie]
Steven Alex-Cole
Vocal · vocals [nelson / crab man]
William Gammon
Vocal · voice [policeman]
Wilma Shakesnider (2)
Vocal · vocals [serena]