Bess, You Is My Woman Now

~ Recording by Miles Davis

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles Davis with orchestra under the direction of Gil EvansPorgy and BessMiles Davis with orchestra under the direction of Gil EvansAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CL 1274
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)35DP 61
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:11Miles DavisPorgy and Bess (Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Series)Miles DavisAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 40647
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:10Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CJ 40647
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 450985 2
2.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master)5:13Miles DavisThe Complete Columbia Studio RecordingsMiles Davis & Gil EvansAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1996-08-26
  • US1996-09-03
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)67397, CK 67471, CL 1041, CK 67472, CL 1274, CK 67473, CL 1480, CK 67474, CL 2106, CK 67475, CK 67476, CXK 67397
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • JP1996-09-21
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS 9107
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • US1997-03-25
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 65141
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 65141
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • JP1999-09-08
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRGS-4518
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:16Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • JP2000-05-24
SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”)SRCS 9704
1.7Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisLove Songs 2Miles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-10
Sony Jazz
2.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master)5:13Miles DavisThe Complete Columbia Studio RecordingsMiles Davis & Gil EvansAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)COL 516250 2
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • JP2006-09-27
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP 1205
4.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisOriginal Album ClassicsMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-12
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697160382
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • GB2007-11-12
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697160382CD4
1.7Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:11Miles DavisBeautiful Ballads & Love SongsMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-01-15
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 21624 2
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:11Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • XE2009-02-17
Jazz TrackJT 946
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • XE2009-04-03
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697491992
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisPorgy and Bess (Original Columbia Jazz Classics)Miles DavisAlbum
  • XE2009-04-20
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697491992
1.16Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisMiles in the CloudsMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-06
Musica JazzMJCD 1213
9.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisThe Complete Columbia Album CollectionMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2009-11-20
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697524922
1.7Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisFrom the HeartMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:09Miles Davis3 Originals: Porgy and Bess / Birth of the Cool / Kind of BlueMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
DGR
2.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master)5:13Miles Davis & Gil EvansThe Complete Columbia Studio RecordingsMiles Davis & Gil EvansAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
88697787842
1.12Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:15Miles Davis with The Gil Evans OrchestraSimply Miles DavisMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-08-01
Simply, Union Square MusicSIMPLYCD259
4.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisThe Perfect Miles Davis CollectionMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-09-23
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697961482
2.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles Davis5 Essential Original AlbumsMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
Proper RecordsBT3046
3.9Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:11Miles DavisThe Real... Miles DavisMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697915492
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • US2012-11-23
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88765407571
2.5Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:14Miles Davis (with Gil Evans)So What?Miles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Metro Select (sublabel of Union Square Music, METRSL cat prefix)METRSL031, METRSL031-1, METRSL031-2
2.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:15Miles DavisFour Classic AlbumsMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-04-01
Avid EntertainmentAMSC 1081
4.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisOriginal Album Classics (remastered)Miles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88883743012
4.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles DavisOriginal Album ClassicsMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
7.12Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:13Miles Davis10 CD Collection, 21 Original Albums: Milestones Of A Jazz LegendMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-07-15
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), The Intense Media600299
3.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:15Miles DavisGreat 5 (Box-Set)Miles DavisAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2016-10-10
Esoteric (recording label of JP hi‐fi audio equipment manufacturer Esoteric Company)ESSS-90154/8
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:14Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • US2019-01-22
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab88883731672, UDSACD 2200
2.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:14Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
  • US2019-01-22
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab88883731672, UDSACD 2200
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessGeorge Gershwin; Miles DavisAlbumColumbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 40647
(unknown)
1.2Bess, You Is My Woman Now5:12Miles DavisPorgy and BessMiles DavisAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)VCK-40647

Relationships

alto saxophone:Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-07-29)
bass:Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-07-29)
bass clarinet:Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1958-07-29)
bass trombone:Dick Hixson (trombonist) (on 1958-07-29)
Dick Nixon (on 1958-07-29)
drums (drum set):Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-07-29)
flugelhorn and trumpet:Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-07-29)
flute:Phil Bodner (Woodwind player) (on 1958-07-29)
Romeo Penque (on 1958-07-29)
French horn:Willie Ruff (on 1958-07-29)
Gunther Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer) (on 1958-07-29)
Julius Watkins (on 1958-07-29)
trombone:Joe Bennett (trombonist) (on 1958-07-29)
Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-07-29)
Frank Rehak (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-07-29)
trumpet:Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-07-29)
Bernie Glow (on 1958-07-29)
Louis Mucci (trumpetist) (on 1958-07-29)
Ernie Royal (on 1958-07-29)
tuba:Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) (on 1958-07-29)
conductor:Gil Evans (Canadian–American jazz pianist and composer) (on 1958-07-29)
arranger:Gil Evans (Canadian–American jazz pianist and composer)
recorded at:CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1958-07-29)
recording of:Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1958-07-29: cover, instrumental)

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)
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”