It Ain’t Necessarily So

~ Recording by Oscar Peterson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1It Ain’t Necessarily So2:49Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin SongbookOscar PetersonAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MGVS 62054
1.1It Ain't Necessarily So2:49Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin SongbookOscar PetersonAlbum
  • US1996-02-27
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)529698
1.1It Ain’t Necessarily So2:49Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin SongbookOscar PetersonAlbum
The Verve Group, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)529 698-2
1.17It Ain’t Necessarily So2:47Oscar PetersonKuschel JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint)031010 2
2.1It Ain’t Necessarily So2:49Oscar PetersonEight Classic AlbumsOscar PetersonAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-09-12
Real Gone JazzRGJCD224
6.13It Ain’t Necessary So2:46Oscar PetersonThe 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Chrome Dreams (“Maximum” bootleg biography series)CD8CD5056
3.13It Ain't Necessarily So2:47Oscar PetersonSongbooksOscar PetersonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-06-04
Not Now MusicNOT3CD081
1.1It Ain’t Necessarily So2:49Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin SongbookOscar PetersonAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
(unknown)
7.1It Ain't Necessarily So2:49Oscar PetersonSongbooks +Oscar PetersonAlbum + Compilation
The Intense Media600189

Relationships

bass:Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)
drums (drum set):Ed Thigpen (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)
piano:Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)
recorded at:Universal Recording Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09)
recording of:It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (from 1959-07-14 until 1959-08-09: instrumental)

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 (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