George Gershwin, 1898-1937, was one of the most successful American composers of the 20th century despite his life being cut short by a brain tumor in 1937. His songs have always been very popular with jazz musicians, with the harmony of 'I Got Rhythm' in particular being used as the basis of many other compositions.
| Who Cares? Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - Know What I Mean? (1961) |
| It Ain't Necessarily So Mary Lou Williams - Live At The Keystone Korner (1977) |
| Fascinating Rhythm (1952) Oscar Peterson - The Song Is You - Best Of The Verve Songbooks |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron - Left Alone Revisited (2002) |
| Summertime Duke Ellington - Piano In The Foreground (1961) |
| Our Love Is Here To Stay Teddy Edwards & Les McCann - It's About Time (1959) |
| Summertime Ray Barretto - Latino! (1962) |
| Embraceable You (1947) Charlie Parker Quintet - Confirmation (compilation) |
| Lady Be Good Jones-Smith Inc. - 78 rpm (1936) |
| Someone To Watch Over Me Ella Fitzgerald - EF Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) |
| Shall We Dance? Stacey Kent - Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire (1999) |
| The Man I Love Etta James - Mystery Lady: Songs Of Billie Holiday |
| The Man I Love Billie Holiday - 78 rpm (1939) |
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| S'Wonderful Henry 'Red' Allen - World On A String (1957) |
| It Ain't Necessarily So (1952) Oscar Peterson - The Song Is You - Best Of The Verve Songbooks |
| Fascinatin' Rhythm Jimmy Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (1956) |
| A Foggy Day (1954) The Nu-Sounds - Sun Ra: The Singles |
| I Loves You Porgy Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra - Holiday For Soul Dance (1960) |
| A Foggy Day Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) |
| The chord progressions used in 'I Got Rhythm' are both simple and flexible, meaning that both less- and more-experienced musicians can use them, either in composing or improvising. A musician's explanation: "For a musician, one of the great things about the Gershwin songbook is it's incredible flexibility. Summertime, Fascinating Rhythm, A Foggy Day, Love Walked In . . . They can be played straight or warped harmonically and/or rhythmically to a musician's heart's content. That doesn't apply as much to composers like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and the like. Ellington comes close, but even his stuff isn't as amenable to being re-interpreted." |
| I Got Rhythm (1933) The Spirits Of Rhythm - 1932-1941 |
| I Got Rhythm (1937) Dickie Wells & Bill Coleman - Swingin' In Paris |
| I Got Rhythm Benny Goodman Sextet - Spirituals To Swing (1939) |
| I Loves You Porgy Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Boogie-Woogie String-Along For Real (1977) |
| Summertime Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - S/T (1998) |
| I Loves You Porgy Christine Jensen - A Shorter Distance (2002) |
| Rhapsody In Blue Paul Whiteman Orchestra - 78 rpm (1924) |
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fyi, "On Demand" no audio from end of first hr to about 1hr 20 minute mark. enjoy the show BTW.
11:54 AM, September 27th, 2021