Bess You Is My Woman / It Ain't Necessarily So

~ Recording by Jaki Byard

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recording of:1. Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1961-03-14: instrumental, medley)
2. It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (on 1961-03-14: instrumental, medley)

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Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Gershwin Publishing Corp
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 4)
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”

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
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)
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)
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"
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