Released 1976 Porgy and Bess
(1976) Virtuoso No. 3
(1977) Release date 1976 Label Original Jazz Classics | Length 41:47 Artist Oscar Peterson Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded January 26, 1976 at Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Porgy and Bess
(1976) Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77
(1977) Similar Joe Pass albums, Jazz albums | ||
Porgy and Bess is a 1976 (see 1976 in music) album by Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass featuring music from Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. This is the only album on which Peterson plays the clavichord. Pass plays acoustic guitar exclusively.
Contents
Oscar peterson e joe pass porgy and bess summertime strawberry woman
Critical reception
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."
Track listing
All compositions by George Gershwin, with all lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, except otherwise noted.
- "Summertime" - 4:27
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:38
- "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:07
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:30
- "I Loves You Porgy" - 6:26
- "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" - 3:02
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 5:32
- "They Pass by Singin'" - 2:31
- "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 3:54
- "Strawberry Woman" - 5:40
Personnel
Songs
1SummertimeJoe Pass4:31
2Bess - You Is My WomanJoe Pass3:43
3My Man's Gone NowJoe Pass3:12
References
Porgy and Bess (Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA