Rhapsody in blue

I painted this a couple years ago, for a college symphonic winds poster. It's my interpretation of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." You know, Gershwin com... Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody In Blue

Robert Alda, Al Jolson, Joan Leslie, Oscar Levant, Hazel Scott, Alexis Smith, and Paul Whiteman in Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

“Rhapsody in Blue” is a composition for jazz band and solo piano, crafted by George Gershwin in 1924. It is an amalgamation of jazz-influenced classical music. It premiered on the 12th of February, 1924, in New York City, with Gershwin himself on the piano. He was accompanied by Paul Whiteman and his band. Origin In 19

“Fantasia 2000” city people (George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue)

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[Ed note: There is a video at the bottom of the main article; you may wish to listen to the music while you read this story from mental_floss magazine.] When Rhapsody in Blue premiered at New York's Aeolian Hall on February 12, 1924, most people couldn't wait for the evening to be over. The piece was scheduled near the end of a long program called "An Experiment in Modern Music." After two sluggish hours, the audience was bored, restless, and drenched in sweat due to the hall's broken…

Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra/Alec Templeton/Gershwin. Rhapsody in Blue. Columbia X-196, 1941(?). (on vinyl, from a thrift store) Another one I got just because I like the novelty of having…