George Gershwin

  • George Gershwin: His Life and Work
    By Howard Pollack

    ... but Minnelli secured one Gershwin number anyway, a waltz parody titled “By Strauss” that the director had heard the composer play in an informal setting—a song in which Gershwin exaggerated “the lifts and plunges and luftpauses of ...

  • George Gershwin: His Life and Work
    By Howard Pollack

    ... beginning with Henry Lange's “I Gave My Heart to Someone in Dixieland” (released 1916), evoked the mythic South, while his recording of Oscar Gardner's “Chinese Blues” (also re- leased 1916) initiated not only a number of blues ...

  • George Gershwin: His Journey to Greatness
    By David Ewen

    George Gershwin: His Journey to Greatness

  • George Gershwin: His Life & Music
    By Ean Wood

    This book sheds fresh light on the man and includes exclusive interviews with musicians who knew him, material from the Gershwin family archives and coverage of the composer's musical works in full."

  • George Gershwin: Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 26

    (Piano Solo Songbook). 23 jazzy arrangements of Gershwin gems, including: Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I Loves You, Porgy * Let's Call the Whole ...