Porgy and Bess

1959 studio album by Miles Davis
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Porgy and Bess

Summary

Porgy and Bess is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (669 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Porgy and Bess's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Porgy and Bess's genre is jazz[4].
  • Porgy and Bess was produced by Teo Macero[5].
  • Porgy and Bess was produced by Cal Lampley[6].
  • Among the performers on Porgy and Bess was Miles Davis[7].
  • Porgy and Bess's record label is recorded as Verve Records[8].
  • Porgy and Bess's place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Porgy and Bess is part of Miles Davis's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Porgy and Bess is part of Porgy and Bess discography[11].
  • Porgy and Bess's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[12].
  • Porgy and Bess was distributed by LP record[13].
  • Porgy and Bess was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • Porgy and Bess's review score is recorded as 5[15].
  • Porgy and Bess's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as CBS 30th Street Studio[16].
  • Porgy and Bess was released on March 9, 1959[17].
  • Porgy and Bess's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Porgy and Bess'}[18].
  • Porgy and Bess's has characteristic is recorded as instrumental album[19].
  • Porgy and Bess's different from is recorded as Porgy and Bess[20].
  • Porgy and Bess's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+13'}[21].
  • Porgy and Bess's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[23]

  • First release date: 1958[24]

  • Genre(s): big band, hard bop, jazz, third stream[25]

  • Community tags: big band, cool, hard bop, jazz, progressive big band, third stream[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 70f3e516-4e76-3dc5-a261-e6c5cd6d71a1[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Porgy and Bess was Miles Davis[7]. Producers include Teo Macero[5] and Cal Lampley[6].

Publication

Porgy and Bess was released on March 9, 1959[17]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content[12]. Its genre is jazz[4]. Part of include Miles Davis's albums in chronological order[10] and it discography[11], a Wikimedia discography of dramatico-musical work[28]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[13] and music streaming[14].

Reception

Porgy and Bess's review score is recorded as 5[15].

Why It Matters

Porgy and Bess ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (669 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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