January 4, 1924 to February 12, 1924

Richmond, New York

Gershwin,Rhapsody in blue, jazz, classical music,, composers

    “I heard it as a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our metropolitan madness.”- George Gershwin  “Rhapsody in Blue” was a musical experiment morphed into masterpiece. Paul Whitman asked George Gershwin to write a jazz concerto piece mixing jazz and classical music to shock the   musical community. Whitman wanted to...