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A1	The Buzzard Song Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
A2	Bess, You Is My Woman Now Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
A3	Gone Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
A4	Gone, Gone, Gone Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
A5	Summertime Written-By – Heyward*, G. Gershwin*
A6	Bess, Oh Where's My Bess Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
B1	Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
B2	Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
B3	My Man's Gone Now Written-By – Heyward*, G. Gershwin*
B4	It Ain't Necessarily So Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
B5	Here Come De Honey Man Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*
B6	I Loves You, Porgy Written-By – G. Gershwin*
B7	There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers
• Composed By – George Gershwin
• Directed By [Orchestra Under The Direction Of] – Gil Evans
• Drums – Philly Joe Jones* (tracks: A1, A3 to A6, B1, B3, B6, B7), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: A2, B2, B4, B5)
• Engineer – Ray Moore
• Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A6, B1), Phil Bodner (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B7), Romeo Penque
• French Horn – Gunther Schuller, Julius B. Watkins*, Willie Ruff
• Liner Notes – Charles Edward Smith
• Photography By – Roy De Carava*
• Saxophone – Julian Adderly*, Danny Banks*
• Trombone – Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joseph Bennett, Dick Hixon*
• Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, John Coles*, Louis Mucci*
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Miles Davis
• Tuba – John ("Bill") Barber*

Notes

Recorded 7/22/1958: tracks A3, A4, B3;
7/29/1958: tracks A2, B2, B4, B5;
8/04/1958: tracks A1, A6, B1;
8/18/1958: tracks A5, B6, B7

Columbia red/black, "6-eye" logo center labels, deep groove

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A center label): x"Lp" 44661
• Matrix / Runout (Side B center label): x"Lp" 44662
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): XLP44661-2AD -
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped ["II" is hand-etched]): XLP44662-2AG - II

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CS 8085	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CS 8085	US	1958
CBS 32188, CBS 62108	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, RE)	CBS, CBS	CBS 32188, CBS 62108	Europe	Unknown
BPG 62108	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	CBS	BPG 62108	UK	Unknown
CL 1274	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1274	US	Unknown
CBS 450985 1	Miles Davis	Porgy And Bess ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	CBS, Suzy	CBS 450985 1	Yugoslavia	1988

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