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

~ Recording by Teddy Wilson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4It Ain't Necessarily So / Bess, You Is My Woman / Liza4:11Teddy WilsonConcert in ArgentinaMarian McPartland / Earl Hines / Teddy Wilson / Ellis LarkinsAlbum + Live
The Jazz AllianceTJA-10008

Relationships

recording of:1. It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (in 1974-11: live, instrumental, medley)
2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances) (in 1974-11: live, instrumental, medley)
3. Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) (in 1974-11: live, instrumental, medley)

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)
Suite from Porgy and Bess (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 (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
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)
Suite from Porgy and Bess (order: 6)
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

Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
Gus Khan
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:New World Music Corp. (in 1929)
is the basis for:7 Virtuoso Études: Liza
American Bouquet: IV. Liza
arrangements:Liza (for piano solo)
Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) (for clarinet quartet, Sears)
included in:An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)