Something new I’m trying. As you probably know, the title of the strip, Rhapsodies, is referring to Rhapsody: “a musical composition of irregular form having an improvisatory character.” I like that definition. It was a definition I could turn into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we are going to do George Gershwin‘s other rhapsody, the Second Rhapsody also called the Rivet Rhapsody. Enjoy.
For today’s Rhapsody we return to Gershwin‘s Rhapsody in Blue… Or the Glenn Miller version anyway.
For this week’s Rhapsody we return to Gershwin‘s Rhapsody in Blue performed on the classical guitar by Martin Müller.
I was beginning to start working on a Christmas playlist to start later this week and I started by starting to look for Duke Ellington’s version of the Nutcracker Suite when out of habit I searched for a Rhapsody instead[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this week’s cover we have another Gershwin cover but this time it’s Bluegrass so it’s okay. Here’s the Annie Moses Band playing Rhapsody in Bluegrass.
A very happy 96th birthday to Mr. Charlie Parker! Let’s celebrate with his arrangement of Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm!”
I really need to start doing this more, but it’s a case of having to spend more time for research. So let’s start where we first began, with George Gershwin. I found this one completely by accident, but it’s well worth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know, I know, I’ve done Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin before. But I was looking for a safe version of it for a Youtube trailer I’ve been working on and I stumbled over the original 1927 recording. What amazed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
