“Porgy and Bess” Medley
~ Recording by Mel Tormé
Annotation
Porgy and Bess Medley:
Summertime
They Pass By Singin'
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
It Take A Long Pull To Get There
It Ain't Necessarily So
Strawberry Women
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
Bess You Is My Woman
Annotation last modified on 2023-12-21 08:53 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.8 | “Porgy and Bess” Medley | 8:15 | Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé and Friends: Recorded Live at Marty’s, New York City, Volumes Ⅰ & Ⅱ | Mel Tormé | Album + Live |
| Jazz Heritage | 523166K |
Relationships
| miscellaneous support: | Dale Ashby (task: director of recording) |
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| producer: | Norman Schwartz |
| bass: | Jay Leonhart |
| drums (drum set): | Donny Osborn (jazz drummer) |
| piano: | Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) |
| recorded at: | Marty’s, New York City (jazz club, exact name tbd) in New York, New York, United States |
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| recording of: | 1. Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (cover, live, medley) 2. Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “They pass by singin’” – “Here comes Big Boy!” – “Don’t you ever let a woman grieve you” (cover, live, medley) 3. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements) (cover, live, medley) 4. Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “It take a long pull to get there” (cover, live, medley) 5. It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (cover, live, medley) 6. Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (cover, live, medley) 7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances) (cover, live, medley) |
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Related works
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) Gershwin Publishing Corp |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 4) |
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| later translated versions: | Bess du bist ob jetz mei Frau |
| is based on: | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” |
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| publisher: | Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing Frankie G. Songs Nokawi Music Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 2) |
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| later translated versions: | J’ai des millions de rien du tout Porgy laul ooperist „Porgy ja Bess” את זה ממני לא יקחו |
| is based on: | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’” |
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin Dorothy Heyward (playwright) DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| publisher: | Chappell Music (ASCAP) Gershwin Publishing Corp Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) |
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| was commissioned by: | Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935) |
| referred to in medleys: | It Ain’t Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 5) |
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| later translated versions: | C’n’est pas nécessairement ça I waas ned obs wiaklich so woa |
| later versions: | It Ain’t Necessarily So (from ‘Porgy and Bess’) (arrangement for 48 violas) |
| version of: | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sportin’ Life) |
| is the basis for: | Etude on "It Ain't Necessarily So" Vals |
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “They pass by singin’” – “Here comes Big Boy!” – “Don’t you ever let a woman grieve you”
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| part of: | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I (order: 8) |
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Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “It take a long pull to get there”
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| part of: | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I (order: 1) |
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Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess”
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935) |
| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 6) |
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| later translated versions: | Песня Порги |
| later versions: | Bess, oh where’s my Bess (for piano solo) |
| part of: | Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III (order: 5) |
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin (in 1934) Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) DuBose Heyward (in 1934) |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co. Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) Chappell Music Ltd. Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing George Gershwin Music New Dawn Music Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935) WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 1) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Tschibuti |
| later translated versions: | C'est l'été Sommartid Summa is Summertime (French lyrics) |
| version of: | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) |
| is the basis for: | And the Living Is Easy Doin’ Time One of These Mornings Summer Time Summertime Variations Summertime Variations The Bones of You 光のない部屋 |
| arrangements: | Summertime (arr. for guitar by 武満徹) Summertime (catch-all for arrangements) Summertime (Rick Wakeman arrangement) Summertime (for brass band, arr. Snell) Summertime (Kahil El’Zabar arrangement) Summertime (arr. Dickson‐Place, for TBB a cappella) |
| music quoted in: | Fame |
| lyrics quoted in: | Doin’ Time |
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