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Soul Music: Summertime

Reflections on the impact of one of George Gershwin鈥檚 most famous songs.

30 minutes

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Charlie Parker

    Summertime

    • Charlie Parker with Strings.
    • Verve.
    • 4.
  • 00:02

    Rev JC Burnett

    True Friendship

    • Negro Spirituals & Gospel Songs 1926-42.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 6.
  • 00:06

    Georgia Peach & Her Gospel Singers

    Do Lord Send Me

    • Negro Spirituals & Gospel Songs 1926-42.
    • Fremeaux.
    • 13.
  • 00:09

    Kathleen Battle, Barbara Hendricks & Florence Quivar

    Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

    • Great American Spirituals.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • 00:11

    Harolyn Blackwell & Glyndebourne Chorus

    Summertime

    • Porgy and Bess.
    • EMI.
  • 00:17

    Lesley Garrett

    Summertime

    • The Lesley Garrett Album.
    • Telstar.
    • 13.
  • 00:21

    Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

    Summertime

    • Porgy and Bess.
    • Verve.
    • 2.
  • 00:27

    Big Country with Kim Mazelle

    Summertime

    • Eclectic.
    • Transatlantic.
    • 5.

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