Porgy and Bess (Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass album)

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.

Porgy and Bess
Studio album by Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson
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
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)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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)[2]	63

Personnel

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

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Porgy and Bess > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
2. 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.