In the third or fourth phase of his illustrious career, Miles Davis recorded an album called Porgy and Bess. The title didn’t indicate that he was playing the music that George Gershwin had created ...

Mobile Fidelity has gone a step further for the album’s 65 th anniversary, offering the broadest possible soundstage on vinyl ...

Clark Terry was a role model and early influence on the young Miles Davis when Davis first began to play the trumpet professionally back in their native St. Louis. Mr. Terry’s decision this year to ...

Michael Sumuel was a high school freshman competing in the all-state auditions when his voice broke. “I was auditioning as a Tenor II. There was some descending line and I remember it started on a ...

Here's the question people always ask about Porgy and Bess: Back in 1933, when George Gershwin sat down at his piano, did he create a musical, an operetta, a quaint period piece, or a white-boy ...

Now playing in the Grand Theater at Crown Center is Music Theater Heritage’s production of Gershwin’s “PORGY AND BESS.” This is an example of MTH going “all in” on a very challenging show and ...