Porgy and Bess

Show Details

Music: George Gershwin (860)
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin (708), DuBose Heyward (106)
Book: DuBose Heyward (106)
Additional Lyrics: Ira Gershwin (708), DuBose Heyward (106)
Type: Opera
Source: Porgy, by DuBose Heyward
Premiere: October 10, 1935

Recordings

Audio Recordings

		Heifetz Playing the Music of Gershwin - 1945 Jascha Heifetz
		Porgy And Bess: A Symphonic Picture - 1945 Fritz Reiner & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess - 1957 101 Strings
		George Rhodes Plays Porgy and Bess - 1958 George Rhodes
		Porgy and Bess - 1958 Miles Davis
		Porgy and Bess - 1958 Mundell Lowe and his All Stars
		Porgy and Bess - 1958 Ira Wright & His Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess - 1958 Ralph Burns and His Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess: Swingin' Impressions by Hank Jones - 1958 Hank Jones
		Selections from Porgy and Bess - 1958 National Concert Dance Orchestra
		The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess - 1959 Bill Potts
		Porgy & Bess and Rhapsody In Blue - 1959 Bravo Pops Symphony Orchestra
		Porgy & Bess Suite and Other Gershwin Hits - 1959 Louis Shankson
		Porgy and Bess - 1959 Percy Faith and his Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess - 1959 Oscar Peterson Trio
		Porgy and Bess - 1959 Monty Kelly & His Orchestra
		Selections from Porgy and Bess - 1959 MGM Studio Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess - 1963 Andrea Tenuta & Alberto Favero
		Porgy and Bess & An American In Paris - 1967 William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
		Porgy Y Bess - 1968 Enrique Villegas
		Jazz in Paris: Porgy & Bess - 1972 Eddy Louiss & Ivan Jullien
		Porgy and Bess - 1976 Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass
		Porgy And Bess Live - 1992 The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
		Porgy and Bess - 1993 Nueva Manteca
		Porgy and Bess - 1993 Joe Piscatelle
		Porgy and Bess - 1995 The Houdini's & Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam
		Porgy and Bess - 1996 Bernt Rosengren Octet
		Porgy and Bess - 1997 Joe Henderson
		Porgy and Bess - 2004 Clark Terry with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess - 2004 Mederic Collignon
		Porgy & Bess: Redefined - 2005 Mark Masters Ensemble
		Porgy and Bess - 2007 Clarinet & Strings
		Porgy and Bess Live - 2009 David Liebman
		Porgy and Bess - 2013 Bohuslän Big Band
		Porgy and Bess - 2016 Toshiko Akiyoshi
		An American In Paris / Porgy and Bess - Royal Farnsworth Symphony Orchestra
		Music of Porgy and Bess - Albert Cohen and Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess - Plymouth Symphony Orchestra
		Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture - Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

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Songs also appear on these recordings (130)

		Recording	Songs
		Ahmad Jamal Plays - 1955 Ahmad Jamal	It Ain't Necessarily So
		The Columbia Album of George Gershwin - 1957 Percy Faith	Bess, You Is My Woman, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', My Man's Gone Now, Summertime
		Porgy & Bess / Show Boat - 1960 Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra	Bess, You Is My Woman, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', I Loves You, Porgy, It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime, A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
		Show Boat and Porgy & Bess - 1960 Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra	Bess, You Is My Woman, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime, There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York, A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
		My Favorite Things - 1961 John Coltrane	Summertime
		Mashed Potatoes and Gravy - 1962 The Ventures	Summertime
		In Person - 1963 Peter Nero	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
		Oklahoma! / Porgy & Bess - 1963 Broadway Revue Orchestra	Bess, You Is My Woman, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', I Loves You, Porgy, I'm On My Way, It Ain't Necessarily So, My Man's Gone Now, Summertime, There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York, A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
		Broadway Blockbusters - 1965 London Festival Orchestra	I'm On My Way
		Summertime - 1976 MFSB	Summertime
		West Side Story - 1989 Royal Promenade Orchestra	Bess, You Is My Woman, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', I Loves You, Porgy, It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime, There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
		The Best of the Great American Composers, Vol. 1 - 1996 101 Strings	Summertime
		The Midnight Blues - 1998 Wynton Marsalis	My Man's Gone Now
		Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul - 2005 Bill Charlap	Bess, You Is My Woman
		Jazz on Broadway - 2005 Jack Jezzro with the Beegie Adair Trio	Summertime
		Impressions - 2012 Chris Botti	Summertime
		Duets - 2014 Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan	Summertime
		The Real Thing - 2015 Eric Alexander	Summertime
		Ghosts - 2022 Michael Wollny Trio	I Loves You, Porgy
		West Side Story / Porgy And Bess - Vienna Symphonic Pop Orchestra	Bess, You Is My Woman, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', I Loves You, Porgy, It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime, There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York