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Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedOctober 12, 1959
GenreJazz
Length49:11
LabelVerve Records
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook
(1959)
Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
(1959)
Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess is a 1959 studio album by Oscar Peterson, playing selections from George Gershwin's 1935 opera, Porgy and Bess.[3]

Track listing

  1. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" – 6:26
  2. "I Wants to Stay Here" – 6:22
  3. "Summertime" – 3:50
  4. "Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine" – 0:55
  5. "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!" – 2:35
  6. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:01
  7. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 7:13
  8. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" – 4:56
  9. "Here Come de Honey Man" – 1:11
  10. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" – 3:28

All songs composed by George Gershwin, with all lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward, unless otherwise indicated.

Personnel

Recorded October 12, 1959, Los Angeles, California:

Performance

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess at AllMusic