One of many entered this year is Rhapsody in Blue (Harms, Inc. 1924), by George Gershwin--an incredibly groundbreaking work for its time, based on its merging of jazz and classical. The composition ...

The organizer, bandleader Paul Whiteman, wanted to show how jazz and classical music could come together. So he commissioned a new work by a 25-year-old Jewish-American upstart named George Gershwin.

George Gershwin has written 48 shows including Half-Past Eight (Composer), La, La, Lucille (Composer), La-La-Lucille! (Composer), Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" (Composer), George White's Scandals ...

Why is he a Trailblazer? In 1924 jazz and blues burst into the world of the classical orchestra thanks to trailblazer George Gershwin, who composed music full of the energy and playfulness of New ...

Featured piano soloist will be San Francisco’s Allegra Chapman, playing George Gershwin’s iconic “Rhapsody ... Dream,” which he calls “art jazz.” The work, written in 1967 in honor ...

A Gershwin Celebration, presented by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, November 16 at 7:30 PM. Byron Stripling is the artistic director and conductor of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is a famous ... It was one of the first pieces to blend jazz and classical styles and Gershwin composed it while he was on a train. It has become a symbolic ...

Fascinatin’ Rhythm: A Gershwin Celebration ... underscored by the spontaneity of jazz improvisation. All I want you to know is there’s always room for improvisation when a jazz musician ...

A Foggy Day; The Man I Love; Of Thee I Sing; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Swanee; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; It Ain't Necessarily So; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Nice Work If You Can Get ...