When Theron Brown was an undergraduate jazz studies student at the University of Akron, the thought of performing George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" was on the pianist's one-day wish list. The ...
The genius Gershwin hadn't written out the piano part when he premiered "Rhapsody in Blue," so he improvised his part in the first performance with the classically trained jazz musician Paul ...
Packed with Gershwin’s own dazzling piano solos, Rhapsody in Blue has become one of the most famous orchestral pieces of all time. Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift ...