Porgy and Bess (Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass album) explained

Porgy and Bess
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson
Cover:	petersonpassporgy.jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	January 26, 1976 at Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:47
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Oscar Peterson
Prev Title:	The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77
Next Year:	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

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.

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

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson - clavichord
• Joe Pass - acoustic guitar
• Norman Granz - producer

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 282.