Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong Porgy & Bess 9/13/11 Features Byrd's signature trumpet style

Features Byrd's signature trumpet style

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Calling All Cars

Record Store Day 2020 Release

This vinyl release captures the essence of the show with its intricate compositions and atmospheric tones

Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong Porgy & Bess 9/13/11 Features Byrd's signature trumpet styleThe dream of creating an American opera such as Scott Joplins Treemonisha, written in 1911, inspired George Gershwin a good twenty years later to amazing compositional feats. While Gershwin had brought his musical and musical comedies with great clat to Broadway, he wanted his through composed stage work Porgy And Bess to be regarded as a legitimate opera. No matter whether one regards this exceptional work as American folk opera (The New York Times)