Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?

~ Recording by Oscar Peterson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays Porgy & BessOscar PetersonAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MG VS-6098
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57The Oscar Peterson TrioOscar Peterson Plays Porgy & BessThe Oscar Peterson TrioAlbum
  • US1993-10-19
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)519807
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays Porgy & BessOscar PetersonAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)519 807-2
4.8Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess4:57Oscar PetersonEight Classic AlbumsOscar PetersonAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-09-12
Real Gone JazzRGJCD224
1.15Bess, Oh Were’s My Bess?4:55The Oscar Peterson TrioWest Side Story / Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & BessThe Oscar Peterson TrioAlbum
  • DE2012-11-23
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)060075340155
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:56Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays Porgy and BessOscar PetersonAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
(unknown)
1.14Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57Oscar PetersonThe Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & BessOscar PetersonAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recorded in:Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:Norman Granz
double bass:Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-10-12)
recording of:Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (cover, instrumental)

Related works

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess”

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 6)
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)