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The Essential George Gershwin (CD)

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George Gershwin Artist Snapshot:

Widely regarded as one of the finest songwriters and composers of the 20th century, George Gershwin began his career playing piano in vaudeville, recording piano rolls, and working in Tin Pan Alley, where he wrote his first hit, "Swanee," in 1919. Collaborating with his brother, Ira (who wrote lyrics for much of his music), he created the Broadway musical LADY BE GOOD in 1924, which yielded the soon-to-be standards "Fascinating Rhythm" and the title song. That same year saw the release of Gershwin's first major orchestral work, RHAPSODY IN BLUE, in concerto form--designed to present jazz as "serious" music akin to classical. Between 1925 and 1933, he wrote at least 12 new works for Broadway, including FUNNY FACE and GIRL CRAZY (which included the classic "I Got Rhythm"). His 1935 opera, PORGY AND BESS, successfully fused elements of classical, show tunes, and African American forms, and proved to be one of the composer's greatest achievements. Gershwin wrote numerous other orchestral pieces, works for solo piano, and compositions for stage and film, but his career was cut suddenly short when he died of a brain tumor in 1937.

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DISC 1 for The Essential George Gershwin (CD) Album By George Gershwin (Artist)
1   Prelude No. 2 For Piano
2   I Got Rhythm - (with Ethel Waters)
3   Oh Lady, Be Good - (with Buck & Bubbles)
4   Summertime - (with Billie Holiday)
5   Nice Work If You Can Get It - (with Maxine Sullivan & Her Orchestra)
6   They Can't Take That Away From Me - (with Fred Astaire)
7   Swanee - (with Al Jolson)
8   Liza - (with Benny Goodman)
9   Someone To Watch Over Me - (with Frank Sinatra)
10   'S Wonderful - (with Dinah Shore/Buddy Clark)
11   Do It Again - (with Jane Russell)
12   Soon - (with Dorothy Kirsten)
13   Fascinatin' Rhythm / Someone To Watch Over Me - (with Morton Gould, His Piano & Orchestra)
14   Man I Love, The - (with Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra)
15   Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - (with Fred Astaire)
16   Love Is Here To Stay - (with Gene Kelly)
17   How Long Has This Been Going On? - (with Felicia Sanders)
18   Blues - (with Harry James & His Orchestra)
19   But Not For Me - (with Doris Day)
20   Foggy Day, A - (with Rosemary Clooney)
21   I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - (with Georges Guetary)
22   Third Movement - (Allegro Agitato, with Oscar Levant)
 
DISC 2 for The Essential George Gershwin (CD) Album By George Gershwin (Artist)
1   Of Thee I Sing Overture - (with Buffalo Philharmonic)
2   They All Laughed - (with Tony Bennett)
3   Of Thee I Sing - (with The Hi-Lo's)
4   Promenade (Walking The Dog) - (with The Los Angeles Philharmonic)
5   I've Got A Crush On You - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
6   Somebody Loves Me - (with Alberta Hunter)
7   Love Walked In / Embraceable You - (with Maureen McGovern)
8   Mine - (with Dick Hyman)
9   Isn't It A Pity - (with Mel Torme)
10   Introduction And Jazzbo Brown - (with Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra)
11   It Ain't Necessarily So - (with Aretha Franklin)
12   Bess, You Is My Woman Now - (with Robert McFerrin/Adele Addison)
13   I Loves You, Porgy - (with Miles Davis)
14   My Man's Gone Now - (with Sarah Vaughan)
15   There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - (with Cab Calloway)
16   Who Cares? - (with Tony Bennett)
17   Rhapsody In Blue
18   Strike Up The Band - (with Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra)
19   Home Blues - (with Michael Feinstein)
 

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Title Note

Personnel includes: George Gershwin (piano); Michael Feinstein (vocals, piano); Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan, Al Jolson (vocals); Dick McDonough (guitar); Artie Shaw (clarinet); Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Bunny Berigan (trumpet); Joe Bushkin (piano); Jo Jones (drums).

Compilation producers: Michael Feinstein, Didier C. Deutsch.

Includes liner notes by Tim Page and Diane Warren.

This two-disc set features a wide variety of interpretations of one of the 20th century's best-known composers, George Gershwin, from Whispering Jack Smith's genteel rendering of "Funny Face" to a youthful Ella Fitzgerald performing "I Was Doing All Right," with the added bonus of a couple of performances from Gershwin himself, performing "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris."

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