Program notes inserted in container. Lincoln Mayorga, piano ; Al Gallodoro, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet ; Harmonie Ensemble/New York ; Steven Richman, conductor. Recorded May 2007, except Apr. 2004 (track 9) and Apr. 2006 (tracks 10-11), at the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York; track 3 recorded by sound recording historian Jack Stanley using a 1909 Edison Fireside phonograph with a wax cylinder and acoustic horn.
Contents:
"I got rhythm", variations for piano and orchestra (1934) / original orchestration by George Gershwin (8:29) -- The Yankee Doodle blues : from Spice of 1922 / George Gershwin, Irving Caesar, B.G. DeSylva (3:15) -- The Yankee Doodle blues : new acoustic recording on a 1909 Edison Fireside phonograph (3:16) -- That certain feeling : from Tip-toes, 1925 / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (2:36) -- Somebody loves me : from George White's Scandals of 1924 / George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald (2:47) -- Sweet and low-down : from Tip-toes / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (2:47) -- I'll build a stairway to paradise : from George White's Scandals of 1922 / George Gershwin, B.G. DeSylva, Arthur Francis (3:24) -- The man I love : first recording of the 1938 version : from Lady, be good, 1924 / George Gerswin, Ira Gershwin (5:28) -- Fascinating rhythm : from Lady, be good / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (3:08) -- Summertime : from Porgy and Bess, 1935 / George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward (4:05) -- Rhapsody in blue (1924) : original 'jazz band' version (15:31).
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