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. "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
Charts Chart (1976)PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)63
Personnel Oscar Peterson - clavichord Joe Pass - acoustic guitar Norman Granz - producer
See also Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
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