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Favorite version of Gershwin's Summertime

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December 14, 2019, 07:55 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Favorite version of Gershwin's Summertime
Post your favorite version of the song. This is mine:


December 15, 2019, 07:00 AM
henryaz
 
Though I really like Janis, for me the favorite version of this song has to be Ella Fitzgerald:
 

 
Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XivELBdxVRM


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December 15, 2019, 07:34 AM
MoreCowbell
Sam Cooke does a really good version of Summertime.
December 15, 2019, 02:01 PM
PD
A great American classic. There are too many good versions to pick just one.
December 15, 2019, 04:16 PM
Butch 2340
Different but this is honestly the first one that to mind.





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December 15, 2019, 06:20 PM
ZSMICHAEL
I remember this version when it came out, never associated it with this guy. Completely different meaning way he sings it.


December 17, 2019, 12:32 AM
redstone
I have a soft spot for the original Porgy and Bess version:



I cannot disagree that Ella is the best that there has ever been. But when you ad in Louis? Damn that is some good music:


But Nora Jones comes real close:




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