Summertime
~ Recording by Don Byas
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Summertime | 2:51 | Don Byas | Jazz in Paris: Laura | Don Byas | Album + Compilation |
| Gitanes Jazz Productions | 013 027-2 |
| 20.1 | Summertime | 2:51 | Don Byas | Jazz in Paris (Volumes 1-76) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Gitanes Jazz Productions | 016 586-2 |
| 1.16 | Summertime | 2:48 | Don Byas and Orchestra | The Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1947-1951 | Don Byas | Album + Compilation |
| Classics (French jazz reissue label) | 1239 |
Relationships
| double bass: | Roger Grasset (on 1950-07-04) |
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| drums (drum set): | Claude Marty (on 1950-07-04) |
| guitar: | Jean-Jacques Tilché (jazz guitarist and producer) (on 1950-07-04) |
| piano: | Art Simmons (on 1950-07-04) |
| tenor saxophone: | Don Byas (on 1950-07-04) |
| recorded at: | Studio Pathé-Pelouze in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1950-07-04) |
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| recording of: | Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1950-07-04: instrumental) |
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Related works
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin (in 1934) Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) DuBose Heyward (in 1934) |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co. Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) Chappell Music Ltd. Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing George Gershwin Music New Dawn Music Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935) WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 1) Suite from Porgy and Bess (order: 2) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Tschibuti |
| later translated versions: | C'est l'été Sommartid Summa is Summertime (French lyrics) Tiempo de verano |
| version of: | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) |
| is the basis for: | And the Living Is Easy Doin’ Time One of These Mornings Summer Time Summertime Variations Summertime Variations The Bones of You 光のない部屋 |
| arrangements: | Summertime (arr. for guitar by 武満徹) Summertime (catch-all for arrangements) Summertime (Rick Wakeman arrangement) Summertime (for brass band, arr. Snell) Summertime (Kahil El’Zabar arrangement) Summertime (arr. Dickson‐Place, for TBB a cappella) |
| music quoted in: | Fame |
| lyrics quoted in: | Doin’ Time |
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