Oscar Peterson & Buddy DeFranco with Russ Garcia Play “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
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The third and last song (or aria) from George Gershwin's 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess" is "It Ain't Necessarily So," first sung by John W. Bubbles on stage and on film by Sammy Davis, Jr. Although the song is anti-religious in words, the music is set squarely in a gospel atmosphere with plenty of call and responses. Russ Garcia understands this most perfectly in an arrangement which pits Oscar Peterson against the numerous asides played by Buddy DeFranco. There are numerous tempo changes, from the overly ripe orchestral pallette to a hard driving swing before concluding into the deepest ranges of the orchestra.
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