“Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue” features the Marcus Roberts Trio and singer Catherine Russell. In the 1920s, the relatively new music genre known as jazz was rapidly becoming ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. February 2024 marks the 100th birthday of George Gershwin's jazz piano concerto ...

The Santa Barbara Symphony concludes its 2023/24 Season with Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. at The Granada Theatre.

Rhapsody in Blue, The Great American Songbook & The Music of McCoy Tyner Launch A Year-Long Celebration of the Rich History and Vibrant Future of Jazz Piano in Chicago March 29 & 30 at PianoForte ...

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...

One hundred years ago, New Yorkers packed the city's Aeolian Hall to see a highly publicized concert called, "An experiment on modern music." Luminaries included composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, ...

Pianist Bill O'Connell is no stranger to the world of Latin jazz. O'Connell has played for greats like Mongo Santamaria and Dave Valentin, but his range as an artist has taken him well beyond a ...

It took George Gershwin just 10 days to pen the American classic. GAB Archive/Redferns via Getty Images I’ve spent nearly two decades researching and writing about this piece. To me, “Rhapsody” isn’t ...

From Gershwin’s jazzy optimism to Respighi’s cinematic landscapes and more, this performance is a kaleidoscope of sound.

On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today. 'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical ...

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