king ubu Posted October 10, 2005 Report Posted October 10, 2005 for non-vocal versions of summertime, i like the one on "My Name Is Albert Ayler" ← oh hellyeah!!! Quote
Guest Posted October 10, 2005 Report Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) I always think 'bout those voices that sung any cut from "Porgy & Bess"...Ella & Louis...Nina Simone...and then there's Billie...The great Billie Holiday.. And one single song means everything to me: I LOVES YOU PORGY. Billie's "I loves you Porgy" was the very first one I ever heard of that song...and I couldn't explain why, put Lady Day put some tears in my eyes..."I loves you, Porgy. Don’t let him take me. Don’t let him handle me...and drive me mad...If you can keep me, I want to stay here with you forever...And I’ll be glad..."...December 10, 1948..Bobby Tucker on the piano (what a gentle pianist...), John Levy on bass, Denzil Best on the drums......And then Billie...There is no more soulful voice...with such a deep understandin' of the human heart. She WAS Bess when she sang this Gershwin tune...It doesn't get much deeper than this...And I hope Ella will understand... Nina Simone also touches my heart with this same song. But they were two completely different ways of approchin' this cut... Edited October 10, 2005 by Billie Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted October 10, 2005 Report Posted October 10, 2005 I agree. I love you, Porgy is one of my all time favorites. My prefered version being Nina Simone's, but the lyrics, no matter who sings them, bring tears to my eyes. It's heart wrenching. (okay, this will probably be my last post on Jim's account. He will be back tomorrow from the tour with the trio...maybe I will see about having him give me my own) Alison the wife of B3er Quote
Kalo Posted October 11, 2005 Report Posted October 11, 2005 Listening to this right now: My favorite jazz version would have to be Ella & Louis. You all have got me interested in checking out the Bill Potts and Mundell Lowe versions. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 Bumping this old thread. I realize that I have all these jazz versions of P&B, but I've never even heard, let alone owned, the "opera" or whatever it is as it was originally written. I looks like Larry likes/liked the Simon Rattle version. Which should I listen to first? Incidentally, I'm not an opera fan, and I'm mildly concerned that my general distaste for the genre will get in the way. Quote
Larry Kart Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 Haven't listened to Rattle in a while, but I should add that both Maazel's version and John DeMain's are very good IIRC and that Rattle's approach doesn't sit well with a lot of P&B admirers. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 Thanks Larry. There is also a nice instrumental orchestral version by arranger Robert Farnon that was recorded for London/Decca Phase 4 in the 1960s. A few parts of it sound kind of stilted, but overall it's a nice arrangement. Quote
medjuck Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 No one here seems to have mentioned the Ray Charles-Cleo Lane version. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 No one here seems to have mentioned the Ray Charles-Cleo Lane version. Someone mentioned it early on, but no one really commented on it. Quote
John Litweiler Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 Ever since boyhood and the 78 rpm Decca album, I've loved Todd Duncan's and Anne Brown's original (1935) cast recordings above all others. They were reissued on LP long ago. Quote
medjuck Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 No one here seems to have mentioned the Ray Charles-Cleo Lane version. Someone mentioned it early on, but no one really commented on it.They're available for download on the Concord site. Worth getting for Brother Ray. Quote
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