Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess

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Annotation

Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy And Bess (Verve MGV 8340)

Oscar Peterson (piano) Ray Brown (bass) Ed Thigpen (drums)

Los Angeles, CA, October 12, 1959
22935-1 Oh Dey's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)
22936-1 It Ain't Necessarily So
22937-1 I Wants To Stay Here (I Loves You, Porgy)
22938-1 Summertime
22939-2 Here Comes De Honey Man
22940-2 Bess, You Is My Woman Now
22941-11 Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way
22942-6 I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
22943-2 Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
22944-9 There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6098.

Annotation last modified on 2013-03-03 22:44 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
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1I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, Nokawi Music and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’”
6:26
2I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III
6:22
3Summertime
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
3:51
4Oh Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “Oh dey’s so fresh an’ fine”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III
0:56
5Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way!
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III
2:36
6It Ain't Necessarily So
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II
4:02
7There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II
1.257:14
8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III
4:57
9Here Come de Honey Man
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental cover recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Here Come de Honey Man”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I
1:11
10Bess, You Is My Woman Now
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
instrumental recording of:
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1959-10-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
3:28