- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Published by
- Philips Records, American, founded 1950
- Recorded by
- Estes, Simon, American, born 1938
- Alexander, Roberta, American, born 1949
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, German, founded 1923
- Directed by
- Slatkin, Leonard, American, born 1944
- Composed by
- Gershwin, George, American, 1898 - 1937
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- plastic , tape , paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Case): 4 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 5/8 in. (10.8 × 7 × 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A copy of a Porgy and Bess highlights album in audio cassette format. Simon Estes and Roberta Alexander portray Porgy and Bess, respectively. The performance is conducted by Leonard Slatkin and features the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Cassette is matte black plastic containing magnetic tape. Label on the cassette is white with black text. Track list is "Introduction", "Jazzbo Brown Blues", "Summertime", "My Man's Gone Now", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "Buzzard Keep on Flyin'", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Oh, I Can't Sit Down", "I Ain't Got No Shame - It Ain't Necessarily So", "Now De Time, Oh Gawd", "Tell Me Quick Where's Bess", and "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way". Album sleeve features portrait of Simon Estes and Roberta Alexander with brown background. Case is clear plastic.
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Audio
- Type
- audio cassettes
- Topic
- Opera (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Timothy Anne Burnside
- Object number
- 2018.100.2abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1985 Philips Records
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




