It Ain't Necessarily So
Every version of “It Ain't Necessarily So” on a record reviewed at Vinyl Standard: 6 recordings, 1955 to 1962, by 6 leaders, including Ahmad Jamal, Art Farmer & Benny Golson, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Every version links to its review.
Who recorded it
The leaders of the reviewed records that include It Ain't Necessarily So. The number is reviewed records.
Every reviewed version
By the year of the record’s first session. Red is the site’s rating of the whole record, out of five.
- 1955Chamber Music of the New JazzAhmad Jamal★★★★☆
- 1957Porgy & BessElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong★★★★★
- 1958Porgy and BessMiles Davis / Gil Evans★★★★★
- 1959The George Gershwin SongbookOscar Peterson★★★★☆
- 1960Meet the JazztetArt Farmer & Benny Golson★★★★★
- 1962NigeriaGrant Green★★★★☆
This page is built from the track listings of the records reviewed here, so it lists only versions on those records, not every recording of the tune. The site does not record composers, so it gathers tracks by title and says nothing about who wrote the tune. The year is the first session of the whole record, which on an album cut over several dates may not be the date of this track. It updates automatically when a new review goes up.