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Porgy & Bess: What You Want Wid Bess? by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

First released: Aug 1957, Length: 2:01

Creators (11)

Conductor

  1. Russell Garcia (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957)

Instruments

  1. Alvin Stoller (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) drums (drum set)
  2. Buddy Childers (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) trombone
  3. Frank Beach (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) trumpet
  4. Joe Mondragon (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) double bass
  5. Paul Smith (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) piano
  6. Tony Rizzi (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) guitar
  7. Victor Arno (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) violin
  8. Vincent DeRosa (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957) French horn

Vocals

  1. Ella Fitzgerald (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957)
  2. Louis Armstrong (1957)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “Oh, what you want wid Bess?” (18 Aug 1957 - 14 Oct 1957)

    Composer

    1. George Gershwin

    Lyricist

    1. DuBose Heyward
    2. Ira Gershwin

Releases containing this recording (23)

Official

Album

  1. Porgy & Bess Aug 1957 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  2. Porgy & Bess 16 Jun 1986 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  3. Porgy & Bess 1990 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  4. Porgy & Bess 2008 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  5. Porgy & Bess 2009 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  6. Porgy & Bess 22 Jun 2011 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
  7. Porgy & Bess 10 Aug 2018 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  8. Porgy & Bess (remastered) 26 Feb 2020 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  9. Porgy & Bess 2021 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  10. Porgy & Bess Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  11. Porgy & Bess Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  12. Porgy & Bess Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
  13. Porgy & Bess Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Album - Compilation

  1. The Complete Ella and Louis on Verve 20 May 1997 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  2. Ella & Louis Classic Album Collection 2008 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  3. Six Classic Albums, Volume 2 18 Oct 2013 Ella Fitzgerald
  4. Ella & Louis: The Complete Norman Granz Sessions 2016 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  5. Cheek to Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings 06 Apr 2018 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  6. Cheek to Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings 2018 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
  7. Ella & Louis Classic Album Collection Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong