Mobile Fidelity - MFSL2-485 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue
Mastered by Kreig Wunderlich
4,000 Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at RTI
1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
The original (CS 8085) has its own more murky atmospheric charms, though finding a quiet copy can be a chore. This double 45, a Mark Wilder remix to analog tape from the original 3 track and pressed on much quieter vinyl, is treat even for well acquainted owners of the original pressing. The mix is more cohesive than the early stereo original. The gatefold "Tip on" jacket features session photos that add value to this outstanding reissue. If you're unfamiliar with this recording be ready for an opening fanfare blast that's bright, shrill and not at all like the rich, atmospheric sonics that follow for four sides. Highly recommended - Sound 10/10 Michael Fremer Analogue Planet
Miles Davis and Gil Evans' Porgy and Bess Is a Landmark of Arrangement, Performance, and Emotion: 1959 Adaptation of George Gershwin Opera Advances Jazz Idioms and Modal Playing
If a more significant, influential, and lasting result of a creative musical partnership exists than that of Miles Davis and Gil Evans' Porgy and Bess, society hasn't seen it. It's impossible to overstate the importance of the pair's collaboration on the landmark 1959 update of George Gershwin's opera. Transcending genre, time, and place, the profound statement finds Evans and Davis implementing modal approaches in a mainstream context and advancing jazz idioms that would become the foundation of the form's still-classic era. And that's saying nothing of the soulful playing – legendary performances by Davis' first great quintet that can now be heard in pristine detail courtesy of this definitive analog edition.
Bass – Paul Chambers
Composed By – George Gershwin
Conductor – Gil Evans
Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones , Jimmy Cobb
Engineer – Ray Moore
Flute – Jerome Richardson
French Horn – Gunther Schuller, Julius Watkins, Willie Ruff
Producer – Cal Lampley, Teo Macero
Saxophone – Cannonball Adderly, Daniel B. Banks
Trombone – Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joseph Bennett, Dick Hixon*
Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Johnny Coles, Louis R. Mucci
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Miles Davis
Tuba – Bill Barber
The Buzzard Song
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Gone
Gone, Gone, Gone
Summertime
Oh Bess, Where's My Bess?
Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab
My Man's Gone Now
It Ain't Necessarily So
Here Come de Honey Man
I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy)
There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York
