Bess, You Is My Woman Now
~ Recording by Miles Davis
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CL 1274 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997) | 35DP 61 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:11 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess (Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Series) | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 40647 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:10 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CJ 40647 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 450985 2 |
| 2.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master) | 5:13 | Miles Davis | The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | Miles Davis & Gil Evans | Album + Compilation | 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 | |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Sony Records (Japanese imprint) | SRCS 9107 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 65141 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 65141 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”) | SRGS-4518 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:16 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| SME Records (Japanese imprint – not equivalent to “Sony Music Entertainment”) | SRCS 9704 |
| 1.7 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Love Songs 2 | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Jazz | |
| 2.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master) | 5:13 | Miles Davis | The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | Miles Davis & Gil Evans | Album + 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 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP 1205 |
| 4.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Original Album Classics | Miles Davis | Album + 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) | 88697160382 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697160382CD4 |
| 1.7 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:11 | Miles Davis | Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs | Miles Davis | Album + 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) | 88697 21624 2 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:11 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Jazz Track | JT 946 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| 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 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess (Original Columbia Jazz Classics) | Miles Davis | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697491992 |
| 1.16 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Miles in the Clouds | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Musica Jazz | MJCD 1213 |
| 9.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | The Complete Columbia Album Collection | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88697524922 |
| 1.7 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | From the Heart | Miles Davis | Album + 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) | |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:09 | Miles Davis | 3 Originals: Porgy and Bess / Birth of the Cool / Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| DGR | |
| 2.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master) | 5:13 | Miles Davis & Gil Evans | The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | Miles Davis & Gil Evans | Album + Compilation |
| 88697787842 | |
| 1.12 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:15 | Miles Davis with The Gil Evans Orchestra | Simply Miles Davis | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Simply, Union Square Music | SIMPLYCD259 |
| 4.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | The Perfect Miles Davis Collection | Miles Davis | Album + 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) | 88697961482 |
| 2.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | 5 Essential Original Albums | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Proper Records | BT3046 |
| 3.9 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:11 | Miles Davis | The Real... Miles Davis | Miles Davis | Album + 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 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88765407571 |
| 2.5 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:14 | Miles Davis (with Gil Evans) | So What? | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation | Metro Select (sublabel of Union Square Music, METRSL cat prefix) | METRSL031, METRSL031-1, METRSL031-2 | |
| 2.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:15 | Miles Davis | Four Classic Albums | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Avid Entertainment | AMSC 1081 |
| 4.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Original Album Classics (remastered) | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 88883743012 |
| 4.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | Original Album Classics | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 7.12 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:13 | Miles Davis | 10 CD Collection, 21 Original Albums: Milestones Of A Jazz Legend | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), The Intense Media | 600299 |
| 3.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:15 | Miles Davis | Great 5 (Box-Set) | Miles Davis | Album + Compilation |
| Esoteric (recording label of JP hi‐fi audio equipment manufacturer Esoteric Company) | ESSS-90154/8 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:14 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | 88883731672, UDSACD 2200 |
| 2.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:14 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | 88883731672, UDSACD 2200 |
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | George Gershwin; Miles Davis | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 40647 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 5:12 | Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Album |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| recording of: | Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1958-07-29: cover, instrumental) |
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Related works
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) Gershwin Publishing Corp |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 4) |
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| 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” |
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