Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson album)

Porgy & Bess
Studio album by Joe Henderson
Released	September 16, 1997
Recorded	May 25–28, 1997
Studio	Avatar, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:46
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Richard Seidel, Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson chronology
Big Band (1997) Porgy & Bess (1997)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Porgy & Bess is a 1997 album by the jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, released on Verve Records. It contains Henderson's arrangements of music from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. It was his final album as a leader.

Track listing

• All music by George Gershwin and all lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward unless otherwise noted

1. "Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues" – 0:56
2. "Summertime" – 7:16
3. "Here Come de Honey Man/They Pass by Singin'" – 2:04
4. "My Man's Gone Now" – 6:58
5. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" – 6:52
6. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" – 5:15
7. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 6:27
8. "I Loves You, Porgy" – 4:18
9. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 6:42
10. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" – 6:58

Personnel

• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
• Conrad Herwig – trombone
• John Scofield – acoustic and electric guitars
• Stefon Harris – vibes
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Dave Holland – bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Chaka Khan – vocal on track 2
• Sting – vocal on track 7