Essential George Gershwin (Limited Edition) (2003)

Product Summary Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records UPC: 00696998991323 Release Date: 1/14/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60585537 Item#: M32JJ3 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25268 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Prelude No. 2 For Piano ~ George Gershwin 1. Prelude No. 2 For Piano ~ George Gershwin 2. I Got Rhythm ~ George Gershwin 2. I Got Rhythm ~ George Gershwin 2. I Got Rhythm ~ George Gershwin 3. Oh Lady, Be Good ~ George Gershwin 3. Oh Lady, Be Good ~ George Gershwin 3. Oh Lady, Be Good ~ George Gershwin 4. Summertime ~ George Gershwin 4. Summertime ~ George Gershwin 4. Summertime ~ George Gershwin 5. Nice Work If You Can Get It ~ George Gershwin 5. Nice Work If You Can Get It ~ George Gershwin 5. Nice Work If You Can Get It ~ George Gershwin 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me ~ George Gershwin 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me ~ George Gershwin 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me ~ George Gershwin 7. Swanee ~ George Gershwin 8. Liza ~ George Gershwin 8. Liza ~ George Gershwin 8. Liza ~ George Gershwin 9. Someone to Watch Over Me ~ George Gershwin 9. Someone to Watch Over Me ~ George Gershwin 9. Someone to Watch Over Me ~ George Gershwin 9. Someone to Watch Over Me ~ George Gershwin 10. 'S Wonderful ~ George Gershwin 11. Do It Again ~ George Gershwin 11. Do It Again ~ George Gershwin 11. Do It Again ~ George Gershwin 12. Soon ~ George Gershwin 12. Soon ~ George Gershwin 12. Soon ~ George Gershwin 13. Fascinatin' Rhythm / Someone To Watch Over Me ~ George Gershwin 14. Man I Love, The ~ George Gershwin 14. Man I Love, The ~ George Gershwin 15. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ~ George Gershwin 15. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ~ George Gershwin 16. Love Is Here to Stay ~ George Gershwin 16. Love Is Here to Stay ~ George Gershwin 16. Love Is Here to Stay ~ George Gershwin 16. Love Is Here to Stay ~ George Gershwin 16. Love Is Here to Stay ~ George Gershwin 16. Love Is Here to Stay ~ George Gershwin 17. How Long Has This Been Going On? ~ George Gershwin 17. How Long Has This Been Going On? ~ George Gershwin 17. How Long Has This Been Going On? ~ George Gershwin 17. How Long Has This Been Going On? ~ George Gershwin 18. Blues ~ George Gershwin 18. Blues ~ George Gershwin 18. Blues ~ George Gershwin 18. Blues ~ George Gershwin 19. But Not For Me ~ George Gershwin 20. Foggy Day, A ~ George Gershwin 20. Foggy Day, A ~ George Gershwin 20. Foggy Day, A ~ George Gershwin 21. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise ~ George Gershwin 21. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise ~ George Gershwin 22. Third Movement - (Allegro Agitato) ~ George Gershwin 22. Third Movement - (Allegro Agitato) ~ George Gershwin 22. Third Movement - (Allegro Agitato) ~ George Gershwin Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Of Thee I Sing Overture ~ George Gershwin 1. Of Thee I Sing Overture ~ George Gershwin 1. Of Thee I Sing Overture ~ George Gershwin 2. They All Laughed ~ George Gershwin 2. They All Laughed ~ George Gershwin 2. They All Laughed ~ George Gershwin 3. Of Thee I Sing ~ George Gershwin 3. Of Thee I Sing ~ George Gershwin 3. Of Thee I Sing ~ George Gershwin 4. Promenade (Walking the Dog) ~ George Gershwin 5. I've Got a Crush on You ~ George Gershwin 5. I've Got a Crush on You ~ George Gershwin 5. I've Got a Crush on You ~ George Gershwin 6. Somebody Loves Me ~ George Gershwin 6. Somebody Loves Me ~ George Gershwin 6. Somebody Loves Me ~ George Gershwin 7. Love Walked In / Embraceable You ~ George Gershwin 8. Mine ~ George Gershwin 8. Mine ~ George Gershwin 8. Mine ~ George Gershwin 9. Isn't It a Pity ~ George Gershwin 9. Isn't It a Pity ~ George Gershwin 9. Isn't It a Pity ~ George Gershwin 9. Isn't It a Pity ~ George Gershwin 10. Introduction and Jazzbo Brown ~ George Gershwin 11. It Ain't Necessarily So ~ George Gershwin 11. It Ain't Necessarily So ~ George Gershwin 12. Bess, You Is My Woman Now ~ George Gershwin 12. Bess, You Is My Woman Now ~ George Gershwin 13. I Loves You, Porgy ~ George Gershwin 13. I Loves You, Porgy ~ George Gershwin 13. I Loves You, Porgy ~ George Gershwin 13. I Loves You, Porgy ~ George Gershwin 14. My Man's Gone Now ~ George Gershwin 15. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York ~ George Gershwin 15. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York ~ George Gershwin 15. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York ~ George Gershwin 16. Who Cares? ~ George Gershwin 16. Who Cares? ~ George Gershwin 16. Who Cares? ~ George Gershwin 17. Rhapsody In Blue ~ George Gershwin 17. Rhapsody In Blue ~ George Gershwin 17. Rhapsody In Blue ~ George Gershwin 18. Strike up the Band ~ George Gershwin 18. Strike up the Band ~ George Gershwin 18. Strike up the Band ~ George Gershwin 18. Strike up the Band ~ George Gershwin 19. Home Blues ~ George Gershwin 19. Home Blues ~ George Gershwin   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info 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." Musical Guests Al Jolson Rosemary Clooney Benny Goodman Tony Bennett Frank Sinatra Billie Holiday Doris Day Miles Davis   Artist Overview 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. Artist Influences Aaron Copland | Fr?d?ric Chopin | Henry Cowell | Igor Stravinsky | Maurice Ravel | Scott Joplin | Stephen Foster | Zez Confrey Artist Contemporaries Bing Crosby | Cole Porter | Darius Milhaud | Duke Ellington | Fred Astaire | George Antheil | Harold Arlen | Hoagy Carmichael | Irving Berlin | Johnny Mandel | Johnny Mercer | Oscar Hammerstein II | Paul Whiteman | Richard Rodgers | Rodgers & Hart Artist Followers Bob Dylan | Carole King | Frank Loesser | Laura Nyro | Lee Feldman | Randy Newman | Ray Charles | Stephen Sondheim   Compilation Appearances Kings Of Jazz-Live In Concert 1974 Panorama: trumpet Prism Broadway: The American Musical Ethnomusicology Vol 4: live In Atlant A-Z Encyclopedia Of Ja696 Old New Borrowed Blue Great American Songwriters How Do You Like This Piano Playing Cinema Classics Kickin The Clouds Away   Associated Artists and Works A'Hearn, Patrick Adair, Beegie Adair, Beegie Adair, Beegie Artists, Various Artists, Various S Wonderful: The Jazz Giants Play George Gershwin ~ Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various Astaire, Fred Bergonzi, C Blake, Ran Byard, Jaki Crazy For You ~ Cast, Original Cast, Original Cast, Original Cast, Original Crescent City Orchestra Crescent City Orchestra (The) Crown Project Crown Project (The) Dallas Symphony Orchestra DeFranco, Buddy DeFranco, Buddy Hancock, Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock, Herbie If Bix Played Gershwin ~ Hyman, Dick Jezzro, Jack London Festival Orchestra London Pops Orchestra (The) McCorkle, Susannah Ferde Grof?'s Tabloid Suite ~ Metropole Orchestra Metropole Orchestra Tabloid Suite ~ Metropole Orchestra (The) Crazy for You [Original Broadway Cast] ~ Original Cast Original Cast Original Cast Original Cast Original Cast Original Cast Original Cast Oh, Kay! 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