Blogs about: George Gershwin

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Number 958 - Randy Newman

cr0wbarred wrote 1 week ago: Big Hat No Cattle 1999 Excerpt ~ Def 1000 songs: Randy Newman was an anomaly among early-’70s … more →

Tags: Music, USA, Video, Singer/Songwriter, 1999, ELO, america, Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter

One-Track Mind [1] “I Loves You Porgy” by Bill Evans

scottfilkins wrote 1 week ago: The first five notes of Bill Evans’s take on the Gershwin/ Heyward folk opera aria “I Lo … more →

Tags: jazz, Music, Bill Evans, Porgy and Bess, village vanguard

vyo bon voyage1 comment

Cheryl wrote 2 weeks ago: VT Governor Jim Douglas honoring VYO maestro Troy Peters Kind of hard to believe it’s over. Fo … more →

Tags: Articles, Leonard Bernstein, Québec city, Vermont Youth Orchestra, Troy Peters, Felix Mendelssohn, camille saint saens, France, West Side Story

The Michael Jackson Phenomenon

almarose wrote 3 weeks ago: Sample blogs on a gazillion topics at Alpha Inventions Once in a Hundred Years Michael Jackson with … more →

Tags: Attention Deficit Disorder, ADD, Blessing, ADHD, Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, Adult ADD, adult adhd, Rolling Stones, MICHAEL JACKSON

"Summertime" - Billie Holiday

nicky wrote 1 month ago: As soon as it gets warm outside I sing George Gershwin’s “Summertime” to the kids … more →

Tags: kid approved, Summertime, Billie Holiday

An American In Paris - Blu Ray Review

insidereel wrote 1 month ago: One of the first of the golden age musicals on Blu Ray: “An American In Paris” makes the … more →

Tags: DVD Reviews, inside reel, Blu-ray, tim wassberg, Review, gene kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Leslie Caron, MGM

40° 46' 3.93" N 73° 58' 2.37" W

. wrote 1 month ago: I never thought of myself as a New Yorker. I was born and raised in California. I have an accen … more →

Tags: Places, Brownstone, Leonard Bernstein, Los Angeles, Manhattan, New York, Upper East Side, West Side Story, Woody Allen

Israelis Need to Learn From American Judaism. 4 comments

godlessjew wrote 1 month ago: President Obama declared May to be Jewish American Heritage month. A month in which Americans learn … more →

Tags: Adam Sandler, allan dershowitz, Allan Greenspan, "Bette Midler", Betty Friedan, Bob Dylan, Carl Sagan, David Ben-Gurion, Gloria Steinem

reciproskill2 comments

hazelnutmegan wrote 2 months ago: I was recently cast as one of four follies girls in the musical “Crazy for You”. This ro … more →

Tags: Word of the Week, reciproskill, dancing, Singing, Captain Planet, ZIEGFELD, Ira Gershwin, Crazy For You, fantasía

Some tunes from my "special mix"

thejazzmonger wrote 2 months ago: Hoagy Carmichael (via last.fm) I have made a pair of Cds as a sampler of some of my favorite … more →

Tags: big band, big-band swing, jazz, Oldies, Swing, 40s, 50s, 60's, Arts and Entertainment

American Idol Rewind: Rat Pack Week2 comments

tonymarkham wrote 2 months ago: Week 8.  Standards.  There’s no hiding in these songs.  They reveal everything. ELIMINATED:  M … more →

Tags: 1, American Idol, Kris Allen, matt giraud, adam lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, idol elimination, My Funny Valentine

A Foggy Day

Aaron wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: damsel in distress, Movie, Music, A Foggy Day, Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gershwin, Gracie Allen, Ira Gershwin

HIS GRIEF, HIS ART: BEN WEBSTER, 19705 comments

jazzlives wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been listening to a new double-CD set of Ben Webster recordings assembled in honor of his … more →

Tags: Thanks-A-Million, Awful Sad, Irreplaceable, Jazz Titans, Pay attention, the real thing, The Things We Love, Lápis Lazuli, Americana

Jazz Concert in Vale do Lobo Auditorium

irgportugal wrote 2 months ago: Saturday, April 25th was the date of this wonderful jazz concert, which was held at the Vale do Lobo … more →

Tags: Lifestyle, News, Vale do Lobo, Viva Big Band, Lagos Jazz Orchestra, glenn miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie

A Timeless Tradition1 comment

silverpen16 wrote 2 months ago: The Current Ballroom Dance Craze and the Surprising Health Benefits Ballroom Dancing – passion, blin … more →

Tags: Ballroom Dancing, Fitness, Entertainment, Dancing With the Stars, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, julianne hough, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Chick Corea & Hiromi: Duet CD review

adeli wrote 2 months ago: Grammy-award winning veteran pianist Chick Corea teams up with the up-and-coming Japanese composer … more →

Tags: Music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Duet, hiromi, Hiromi Uehera, jazz, John Lennon

This week's spotify playlist3 comments

Andrew Hickey wrote 3 months ago: Can be found here. Hello, incidentally, to those of you who’ve come over to this site after a … more →

Tags: Music, van dyke parks, Smile, XTC, tiny tim, Stew, sparks, Jack Nitzsche, Captain Beefheart

Woody 'Freaky-Ass' Allen

knownotes wrote 3 months ago: Paul Mooney’s “Woody Allen” Ron Bennington’s Woody Allen George Gersh … more →

Tags: Everything Else, Paul Mooney, Woody Allen, larry david, ron bennington, Ron & Fez, sextapes, R. Kelly, Paris Hilton

Jazz piano vids on Youtube2 comments

David Hiran Watson wrote 3 months ago: Check out these two great jazz piano videos on Youtube: Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara playing … more →

Tags: Music, Chick Corea, Hiromi Uehara, jazz piano, Porgy and Bess, Spain, Summertime, youtube video


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