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I Heart The Jazz With Strings Genre + Porgy & Bess

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
June 6, 2023
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I heart the jazz with strings genre. Tonight, the most bizarre of these records, the great Johnny Hodges with Lawrence Welk's Orchestra. We then check our coats at the famed Chicago supper club Mr. Kelly's for some vocals from Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day. Then, after a set of new releases including Chicago's Natural Information Society and South Africa's Ahser Gamedze, we will check out a set of jazz interpretations of songs from "Porgy and Bess." Enjoy.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 06:10
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio "Thou Swell" from At Mr Kelly's (Emarcy) 02:30
Anita O'Day "Thou Swell" from At Mr Kelly's (Emarcy) 05:15
Matt Mitchell, Kate Gentile "Asymptotic Rest Area" from Snark Horse (Pi Recordings) 08:32
Jason Moran "That Moaning Trombone" from From the Dancehall to the Battlefield (Yes Records) 12:31
Terry Pollard "Lonely Dreams" from Terry Pollard—A Detroit Jazz Legend (Fresh Sounds Records) 15:39
Keefe Jackson, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Joshua Abrams, Mikel Patrick Avery "Anahanghuis" from These Things Happen (Astral Spirits) 19:42
Oscar Peterson Trio "On A Clear Day" from On A Clear Day: The Oscar Peterson Trio—Live In Zurich, 1971 (Mack Avenue Music Group) 24:58
Yazz Ahmed "2857" from Polyhymnia (Ropeadope) 31:14
Johnny Hodges, Sonny Stitt "Time After Time" from The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt with the Ralph Burnes Stings (Verve) 42:58
James Moody "I Remember Clifford" from Moody With Strings (Argo) 47:30
Cannonball Adderley "So In Love" from The Great Love Themes The Cannonball Adderley Quintet with Strings (Capitol Records) 51:17
Earl Hines "Black and Tan Fantasy" from Once Upon a Time (Impulse!) 55:30
Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars "Passion Flower" from Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 6 (Capitol Records) 1:00:40
Natural Information Society "Gravity" from Since Time Is Gravity (Capitol Records) 1:00:40
Art Davis Quartet "Blues From Concertpiece for Bass" from Life (Soul Note) 1:12:401
Asher Gamedze "Wynter Time" from Life (On The Corner) 1:19:13
Miles Davis "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" from Porgy And Bess (Columbia) 1:29:41
Nina Simone "I Loves You Porgy" from single (Bethlehem) 1:34:24
Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra "I Loves You Porgy" from Holiday For Soul Dance (Saturn Research) 1:38:26
The Modern Jazz Quartet "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" from At Music Inn (Atlantic) 1:42:01
Vi Redd "Summertime" from Bird Call (United Artists Jazz) 1:47:28
Morris Nanton "My Man's Gone Now" from Something We've Got (Prestige) 1:51:31
Matthew Shipp, William Parker "Summertime" from Single (yak'uz'a,) 1:54:41

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