Porgy & Bess: A Jazz Transcription (Parts 1 & 2)
Series: Rivewalk Jazz
From: PVP Media
Length: 01:58:10
A milestone 2-part broadcast of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess featuring The Jim Cullum Jazz Band's renditions of the original score and narrated by the renowned William Warfield who played Porgy several times throughout his career. Gershwin considered Porgy & Bess his greatest work, and Jim Cullum says, "This jazz transcription is probably the greatest single accomplishment of the Band's 48-year history."
"Fascinating and well told. I really enjoyed this performance of Porgy and Bess. Thanks for making such great material available!" KWBU-FM listener, N. Zola
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A milestone 2-part broadcast of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess featuring The Jim Cullum Jazz Band's renditions of the original score and narrated by the renowned William Warfield who played Porgy several times throughout his career. Gershwin considered Porgy & Bess his greatest work, and Jim Cullum says, "This jazz transcription is probably the greatest single accomplishment of the Band's 48-year history."
"Fascinating and well told. I really enjoyed this performance of Porgy and Bess. Thanks for making such great material available!" KWBU-FM listener, N. Zola
Transcript
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Porgy and Bess, Riverwalk Jazz presents a two-part special, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band’s acclaimed jazz transcription of George Gershwin’s American folk opera. Theater legend William Warfield, the award winning bass-baritone famous for his memorable stage role as Porgy, appears as narrator in this encore presentation.
DuBose Heyward, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, wrote the novel Porgy in the early 20s, painting a story of love and honor based on characters from the Charleston waterfront scene. George Gershwin read Porgy in 1926, fell in love with the story and immediately wrote to Heyward inviting him to collaborate on an opera based on the novel.
Gershwin received a commission from the Metropolitan Opera to write a grand opera in 1930 and was free to select the libretto. While Gershwin was impressed with the Met's offer, he knew that the ven...
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Timing and Cues
PorgyBess1: Segment 1
Length: 00:18:15
Incue: "Riverwalk Jazz from PRI..."
Outcue: "This PRI..."
PorgyBess1: Break 1
Length: 00:00:21
Incue: begin piano break
Outcue: end piano break
PorgyBess1: Segment 2
Length: 00:18:17
Incue: "And now back to George Gershwin's.."
Outcue: "This is PRI.."
PorgyBess1: Break 2
Length: 00:00:19
Incue: begin piano break
Outcue: end piano break
PorgyBess1: Segment 3
Length: 00:21:45
Incue: "We're here backstage with .."
Outcue: PRI tag
PorgyBess: Bridge
Length: 00:00:09
Incue: "Stay tuned.."
Outcue: ...next on this station"
PorgyBess2: Segment 1
Length: 00:20:29
Incue: "Riverwalk Jazz from PRI.."
Outcue: "This is PRI..."
PorgyBess1: Break 1
Length: 00:00:22
Incue: begin piano break
Outcue: end piano break
PorgyBess1: Segment 2
Length: 00:18:56
Incue: "And now back to Porgy and Bess.."
Outcue: "This PRI.."
PorgyBess1: Break 2
Length: 00:00:18
Incue: begin piano break
Outcue: end piano break
PorgyBess1: Segment 3
Length: 00:18:54
Incue: "And now back to out special presentation..."
Outcue: PRI tag
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