George Gershwin Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Studio #71 – Embraceable You – Today I felt like reviving another one of my favorite tunes. There are so many recordings of this George Gershwin classic to be inspired by—too many to mention, and I thought it was enough for now to just do a vocal and a cornet chorus (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #307 – I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise – The main attraction on this Paul Whiteman LP is the outstanding recording of Rhapsody in Blue. But there are also some early successes, including Whispering, the real big one from 1920 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #63 – Love Is Here to Stay – I just have to sing this wonderful George Gershwin tune. And it’s got to be very slow. And then I had to play a cornet solo after that. The lyrics are not too bad either, here they are: It’s very clear, our love is here to stay (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #164 – Embraceable You – In the end of the 1930s, the commercial possibilities of the jazz music were used to great advantage. Outstanding instrumentalists with good looks and musical personality joined the big band craze and toured all over the US (…) read more and listenread more and listen