"Summertime" is a lullaby from the first act of "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin, which premiered in 1935.

Even more famous than the opera was the song Summertime, which was interpreted in many styles, but above all by jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and many more. Thanks to Toshio Mashima's arrangement, your concert band can elegantly join this illustrious list!