It Ain’t Necessarily So

~ Recording by Grant Green

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
Blue NoteLT-1032
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenNigeria (different cover)Grant GreenAlbum
Blue NoteLT-1032
1.2It Ain't Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
Blue NoteGXK 8180
2.7It Ain't Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenThe Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green With Sonny ClarkGrant GreenAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD4-133
3.1It Ain't Necessarily So10:20Grant GreenThe Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green With Sonny ClarkGrant GreenAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MR5-133
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenThe Complete Quartets With Sonny ClarkGrant GreenAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-07-15
Blue NoteCDP 7243 8 57194 2 4
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenThe Complete Quartets With Sonny ClarkGrant GreenAlbum + Compilation
Blue Note7243 8 57194 2 4
3.4It Ain’t Necessarily So10:22Grant GreenRetrospective 1961-1966Grant GreenAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-10-22
Blue Note7243 5 40851 2 3A, 7243 5 40851 2 3B
1.7It Ain't Necessarily So10:19Grant GreenBlue Note Plays GershwinVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2006-06-27
Blue Note0946 3 49291 2 7
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
Blue NoteLT-1032
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:22Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
  • JP2012-08-22
Blue NoteTOCJ-50284
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:25Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
Essential Jazz ClassicsEJC55649
1.2It Ain't Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
  • ES2015-01-12
WaxTime772001
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:23Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
  • XW2020-02-28
Blue NoteB0031299-01, LT-1032
1.2It Ain’t Necessarily So10:22Grant GreenNigeriaGrant GreenAlbum
  • JP2021-10-20
Blue NoteTOCJ-50284, UCCU-8143

Relationships

engineer:Rudy van Gelder (on 1962-01-13)
producer:Alfred Lion
bass:Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-13)
drums (drum set):Art Blakey (on 1962-01-13)
guitar:Grant Green (jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-13)
piano:Sonny Clark (on 1962-01-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007)
recorded at:Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1962-01-13)
recording of:It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (on 1962-01-13)

Related works

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"
Vals