Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess

Tracklist

A1	The Buzzard Song
A2	Bess, You Is My Woman Now
A3	Gone
A4	Gone, Gone, Gone
A5	Summertime
A6	Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
B1	Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
B2	Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab
B3	My Man's Gone Now
B4	It Ain't Necessarily So
B5	Here Come De Honey Man
B6	I Loves You, Porgy
B7	There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers
• Composed By – George Gershwin
• Conductor – Gil Evans
• Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3, B6, B7), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: A2, B2, B4, B5)
• Engineer – Ray Moore
• Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A6, B1), Phil Bodner (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B7), Romeo Penque
• French Horn – Gunther Schuller, Julius Watkins, Willie Ruff
• Liner Notes – Charles Edward Smith
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Roy De Carava*
• 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

Notes

Recorded 7/22/1958, 7/29/1958, 8/04/1958, and 8/18/1958 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City.

Original cover design with '70s Columbia-rimmed labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Center-label): XSM 44663
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Center-label): XSM 44664
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): XSM44663-2BA
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): XSM44664-2DH 1 T
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, Variation 2): XSM-44663-2BB 1T Λ5
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, Variation 2): XSM-44664-2DH 1 T

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CS 8085	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CS 8085	US	1958
CBS 32188, CBS 62108	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CBS, CBS	CBS 32188, CBS 62108	Europe	Unknown
BPG 62108	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	CBS	BPG 62108	UK	Unknown
CJ 40647	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	Columbia	CJ 40647	US	Unknown
CBS 450985 1	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	CBS, Suzy	CBS 450985 1	Yugoslavia	1988