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“Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.”
George Gershwin, born 26th Sept 1898
“He adored New York City. He idolised it all out of proportion…no, make that: he - he romanticised it all out of proportion. Yeah. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.”
Ella Fitzgerald sings the Gershwin Song Book [1959] Verve
Ira Gershwin said, "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them."
"The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself...Making music is actually little else than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion. In composing we combine what we know of music with what we feel."
George Gershwin
George Gershwin painting Arnold Schoenberg
Oscar Peterson plays Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Ellington and Rodgers. Artwork by David Stone Martin
"Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.” George Gershwin
“He adored New York City. He idolised it all out of proportion…no, make that: he - he romanticised it all out of proportion. Yeah. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.”
“He adored New York City. He idolised it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticised it all out of proportion. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.”
“Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.” George Gershwin, born 26th September 1898
Miles Davis at the 30th Street Studios in New York in July 1958 during the recording of Porgy and Bess. Davis's monumental collaboration with Gil Evans transformed the George Gershwin opera into a cool jazz masterpiece. Pic by Don Hunstein
Ella Fitzgerald sings the Gershwin Song Book
“Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise.” George Gershwin
Oscar Peterson plays Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Ellington and Rodgers. Artwork by David Stone Martin
George Gershwin
