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David Linx, Maria Joao and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra: A Different Porgy and Another Bess

by C. Michael Bailey
June 29, 2012

The French classical label Naive has made a successful foray into jazz with recordings like Mina Agossi's Red Eyes (2012); and Tania Maria's Tempo (2012). A Different Porgy and Another Bess is the first thematic big-band offering from the label. Drawing from the George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward opera, Porgy and Bess (1935), A Different Porgy highlights eleven ...