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4.5 superb | "Be Like Water" or broke like an oak | March 7th 22 | 4.3/5
Orchestral jazz masterpiece from the end of the 50s
Released in March 1959 on Columbia Records.
The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans.
It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical
acclaim since its release.
Being acknowledged by some music critics as the best of their collaborations.
Jazz critics have regarded the album as historically important.
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3.5 great | NeutralThunder12 | July 5th 10 | Despite being beautifully arranged and instrumentally diverse, Porgy and Bess just seems like less grandiose, less spanish-esque, less exciting version of Sketches of Spain. It's gorgeous arrangements don't always save it however; the album can get pretty monotnous and boring, sometimes outrageously dull. Porgy and Bess seems like the down syndrome brother of Sketches of Spain, but it's not all bad. Songs like "Prayer" and "Gone" are riveting, and the album is solid enough (again, despite sometimes sinking into boringville) to earn a low 3.5.
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4.0 excellent | bSmith | February 8th 24 |
4.0 excellent | Bren80 | July 29th 22 |
3.5 great | Coast | August 23rd 21 |
1.0 awful | GamamJ | January 8th 21 |
3.5 great | remi | May 22nd 20 |
4.0 excellent | iunaphy | March 28th 19 |
5.0 classic | solrage | October 20th 17 |
3.0 good | rrodf | March 11th 17 |
4.0 excellent | Henry | December 6th 16 |
4.0 excellent | leopm | November 9th 16 |
3.5 great | Shtep | April 4th 16 |
3.5 great | Javimut | September 21st 14 |
4.0 excellent | CRX | May 22nd 14 |
3.5 great | craven | August 2nd 13 |
5.0 classic | Kinch | June 15th 13 |
4.5 superb | SmersH | March 5th 13 |
3.0 good | Muzix | May 25th 11 |
3.0 good | IAJP | August 13th 10 |
3.0 good | Iai EMERITUS | March 14th 10 |
4.0 excellent | JesusV4 | September 2nd 09 |
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