Highlights from the jazz opera Porgy and Bess.
| Author/creator | Gershwin, George composer. |
| Format | Audio (LP Record) |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Bethlehem Records, ℗1976. |
| Description | 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Faye, Frances, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Garcia, Russell performer. |
| Uniform title | Porgy and Bess. Selections |
| Variant title | Title on container: Highlights from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| Portion of title | Porgy and Bess |
| Series | TomtheJazzman Collection TomtheJazzman Collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Overture -- Summertime -- A woman is a sometime thing -- The wake: gone, gone, gone ; Overflow -- Porgy's prayer -- I got plenty of nuthin' -- Law scene -- Bess, you is my woman -- It ain't necessarily so -- What you want with Bess -- I loves you, Porgy -- Clara, Clara -- There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York -- Oh, where's my Bess -- I'm on my way. |
| Local note | Joyner-Gift of eastern North Carolina jazz radio personality Tom Mallison. |
| Performer | Mel Torme, Frances Faye ; with Duke Ellington and his orchestra and Russ Garcia and his orchestra ; also featuring Betty Roche, Sallie Blair, Johnny Hartman, George Kirby, Frank Rosolino and Australian Jazz Quintet. |
| LCCN | 99390062 |
| Publisher number | BCP-6009 Bethlehem |