$29.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi / ISBN:0093046749224
Gershwin By Grofe: Symphonic Jazz
Catalogue # HMU907492
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: July 5th 2010
Lincoln Mayorga (piano) & Al Gallodoro (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet) Harmonie Ensemble/New York, Steven Richman
Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue
I Got Rhythm Variations
Yankee Doodle Blues
The Man I Love
That Certain Feeling
Somebody Loves Me
Sweet and Low-Down
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Fascinatin' Rhythm
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
In this swinging collection of ‘symphonic jazz’, Steve Richman and the Harmonie Ensemble New York recreate the original Gershwin orchestrations made by Ferde Grofé for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. The programme features Gershwin’s immortal Rhapsody in Blue (with legendary reedman Al Gallodoro, an original member of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in the 1930s!), the I Got Rhythm Variations, and a selection of George’s Broadway tunes, including 'Summertime'.
