Miss Iowa 2011 Jessica Pray sings Summertime from Porgy & Bess
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it felt awkward hearing it in opera for a moment. i'm used to hearing ella fitzgerald's version XD and I sing it in my class so i was expecting the jazz version XD :)
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so what if this is a jazz song??? try to sing this as good as she does, congratulations jessica!!
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AMAZING(: I now am in LOVE with this song!!! You are sooooooo good, its unbelievable-3 Your the bestttt(: ILOVEYOUUU
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I used to prefer the jazz-version of this song but you got me convinced the original version is nice too!
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@thechinadesk (: I adore this song. And Yeah It's just annoying when people automatically put this song as a Jazz tune when it deff. is not. Trust. It's a killer. lol
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I was about to say the same thing, when I saw your rebuttal.
Even classical music enthusiasts sometimes forget that Porgy and Bess was an opera. Summertime was not a pop tune. It was not a show tune, It was an bona fide, honest to god opera aria!
George and Ira Gershwin were indeed Tin Pan Alley song writers, but Summertime was definitely not a pop tune.
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You are AMAZING!! :))
@AmandaPanda519 this song was written originally for operatheater. If you look at the real one. It was revamped as a JAzz song though
darcy296 6 months ago 2
@darcy296 You are right on that score! Just saying.
JohnstonCrazy 6 months ago
Gorgeous voice. What school do you go to?
vivsters96 10 months ago
@vivsters96 Thank you so much! I am a freshman at the University of Iowa.
JohnstonCrazy 10 months ago