Porgy and Bess
Studio album by
Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson
Released1976
RecordedJanuary 26, 1976 at Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length41:47
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson
(1975) 		Porgy and Bess
(1976) 		Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77
(1977)
Joe Pass chronology
Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
(1976) 		Porgy and Bess
(1976) 		Virtuoso No. 3
(1977)

Porgy and Bess is a 1976 album by pianist Oscar Peterson and guitarist Joe Pass featuring music from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. This is the only album on which Peterson plays the clavichord.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow wrote in his review: "The results are novel at first but rather limited on the whole, making one wonder whose bright idea this was."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by George Gershwin, with all lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, except otherwise noted.

  1. "Summertime" - 4:27
  2. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:38
  3. "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:07
  4. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:30
  5. "I Loves You Porgy" - 6:26
  6. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" - 3:02
  7. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 5:32
  8. "They Pass by Singin'" - 2:31
  9. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 3:54
  10. "Strawberry Woman" - 5:40

Charts

Chart (1976) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 63

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Porgy and Bess > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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