Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess

Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess is a 1959 studio album by Oscar Peterson, playing selections from George Gershwin's 1935 opera, Porgy and 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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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