Porgy and Bess (Suite): It Ain’t Necessarily So

~ Recording by The Canadian Brass

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Porgy and Bess (Suite): It Ain’t Necessarily So4:56George GershwinStrike Up the Band: The Canadian Brass Plays George GershwinGeorge Gershwin; The Canadian BrassAlbum
  • US1987-09-29
RCA Red Seal6490-2-RC

Relationships

recording engineer:Paul Goodman (engineer) (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
producer:Jay David Saks (producer of classical and musical theatre recordings)
editor:Thomas MacCluskey (engineer)
French horn:David Ohanian (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
trombone:Eugene Watts (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
trumpet:Frederic Mills (trumpet player and arranger for Canadian Brass) (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
Ronald Romm (trumpet player) (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
tuba:Charles Daellenbach (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
arranger:Luther Henderson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:BMG Music (from 1987 to present)
recorded at:RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06)
recording of:It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (from 1987-03-02 until 1987-03-06: instrumental)

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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