Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess with Gilbert Castellanos

Porgy and Bess Orchestra:
Josh Nelson, conductor/piano
Derek Cannon, trumpet
Steve Ebner, trumpet
James Ford, trumpet
Doug Meeuwsen, trumpet
Jean-Paul "JP" Balmat, woodwinds
Keith Fiddmont, woodwinds
John Rekevics, woodwinds
Tripp Sprague, woodwinds
RB Anthony, horn
Ryan Beard, horn
Mike McCoy, horn
Kevin Esposito, trombone
Jeanne Geiger, trombone
Matt Hall, trombone
Wayne Rice, tubs
John Murray, bass
Kevin Van Den Elzen, drums

A landmark jazz album, Porgy & Bess features arrangements by Miles Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin’s 1935 opera of the same name.

Please note: the San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this concert.

About Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess

Featuring one of the “hippest” renderings of “Summertime” - one of the most familiar melodies in the Great American Songbook - the album is perhaps the greatest collaboration between the two, and is credited for reversing the bebop aesthetic, slowing down the chord shifts to allow the soloist to stay on one modality and invent his own melody and mood. The full track list of this iconic album includes “Buzzard Song,” “Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” “Gone,” “Gone, Gone, Gone,” “Summertime,” “Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess,” “Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus),” “Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab,” “My Man’s Gone Now,” “I Ain’t Necessarily So,” “Here Come De Honey Man,” “I Loves You, Porgy,” “There’s A Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York,” and “Gone (take 4).” Gilbert Castellanos and his 20-piece "Porgy and Bess" Orchestra play every track on a wonderful evening by the Bay.