Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess

Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1959
Recorded	October 12, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:11
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Norman 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)

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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

• Oscar Peterson - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums

Production

• Norman Granz - producer
• Batt Brown - assistant producer
• Jon Schapiro
• Aric Lach Morrison
• Benny Green - liner notes
• Suha Gur - mastering
• Michael Lang - supervisor
• David Lau - director, art direction
• Herman Leonard - photography
• Nausica Loukakos - design
• David Stone Martin - artwork
• Phil Schaap - research, restoration

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