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Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Joela Jones, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

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  • 1976
  • 5:20
  • 130 BPM · D major

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  1. Written by Ira Gershwin, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), It Ain’t Necessarily So (Miles Davis) and Summertime (Miles Davis)

  2. Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)

  3. Recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic, also Nocturnes : II. Fêtes. Animé et très rythmé — Modéré mais toujours très rythmé (The Cleveland Orchestra), Nocturnes : III. Sirènes. Modérément animé and Pétrouchka: First Tableau (The Cleveland Orchestra)

  4. Part of Porgy and Bess, also Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’” – “Lissen there, what I tells you” (Willard White), Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" - "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" (Florence Quivar) and Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer"

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Written by
DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by
Joela Jones and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Part of
Porgy and Bess
Recorded at
TempleLive Cleveland Masonic
Released on
Decca Records

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was performed by Joela Jones

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was performed by Joela Jones

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was performed by The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was performed by The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was written by DuBose Heyward

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was written by DuBose Heyward

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  4. 4MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was written by George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was written by George Gershwin

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  5. 5MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was written by Ira Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was written by Ira Gershwin

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  6. 6MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues is part of the release Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues is part of the release Porgy and Bess

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  7. 7MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic

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  8. 8MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues

    Decca Records is the label of the song Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues

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  9. 9MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was released on 1976

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues was released on 1976

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