WHAT'S THE POINT?
I always considered the EVANS-DAVIS collaboration an intellectual one and the COLTRANE-DAVIS collaboration an intuitive one.So naturally,apart from SKETCHES OF SPAIN i do not rave over their mutual recordings.What's the point of making a PORGY AND BESS record without the singing or the continuity?Where is I GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN and why GONE ,an original not even composed by the GERSHWINS?For me,this is a rather unpleasant affair.I enjoyed it more from track 9 on.If you want to hear PORGY AND BESS ,but do not want to hear the complete work,try ELLA and LOUIS who gave us a near perfect sampler.I won't win new friends with my review,but as the man says,you've got to say what you think.I must admit that upon reading the other reviewers,i feel lonely.