PORGY & BESS MILES DAVIS - VINYL LP - Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis released in March 1959 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin s opera Porgy and Bess. The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22 July 29 August 4 and August 18 1958 at Columbia s 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical acclaim since it s release being acknowledged by music critics as the best of their collaborations. Jazz critics have regarded the album as historic.. 180 gram vinyl in MONO orig tracks numbered.