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BROADWAY NATIONTHE OTHER GERSHWIN, part 3, with MICHAEL OWENThis is the third and final segment of my conversation with Michael Owen, author of the recent book, Ira Gershwin — A Life in Words.
On this episode, Michael and I focus on the period of Ira Gershwin’s career
following the death of his brother George, during which he had success on
Broadway and in Hollywood with composers such as Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz, and Harold Arlen, and shows and movies such as Lady In the Dark, The Barkleys Of Broadway, and A Star Is Born,
If you missed the first two parts in th...2025-05-0652 min
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BROADWAY NATIONEpisode 173: THE OTHER GERSHWIN — with MICHAEL OWEN, author of IRA GERSHWIN — A LIFE IN WORDSMy guest today is Michael Owen, whose recent book Ira Gershwin—A Life in Words is the first full-length biography devoted to the other Gershwin. In this book, Owen at last brings Ira Gershwin out from behind the long shadow cast by his younger and more famous brother, George. Drawing on extensive archival research, Owen often uses Ira’s own words to create a captivating portrait of a shy and retiring artist who, nevertheless, penned the words for many of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.Michael Owen is a...2025-04-2251 min
Busy Kids Love MusicThe Life of George GershwinWelcome back to Busy Kids Love Music! In today’s episode, we kick off a brand-new series all about one of America’s most beloved composers, George Gershwin. From his humble beginnings in Brooklyn to his rise as a composer who seamlessly blended jazz and classical styles, Gershwin’s life and music continue to captivate audiences of all ages. 🎹 What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Gershwin’s early life and how he discovered his passion for music. How his unique style merged jazz and classical traditions. His collaborations with his brother, Ira Gershwin, and their unforgettable...2025-01-1408 min
RCO's Notes from the Program1920's SongbookDecember 29 @ 7:30pm1920's SongbookHear Gershwin, Porter and more! Featuring vocalist Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert. Enjoy songs of the 1920's paired with Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 2 performed by Ruth Lenz and James Winn, as well as Hindemith's Viola Sonata No. 4, and Gershwin's Three Preludes for clarinet and piano.REPERTOIRE*GEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN Fascinating RhythmGEORGE GERSHWIN/IRA GERSHWIN How Long Has This Been Going OnRAY HENDERSON The Birth of the BluesKURT WEILL/B...2024-12-2612 min
Fresh AirCanonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His DueIra Gershwin wrote the lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook, including "I Got Rhythm," "S'Wonderful," "Embraceable You," "Love is Here to Stay," and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." Biographer Michael Owen talks about Ira's collaboration with his brother George, his writing process, and the line he added to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Later, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers drummer Roy Haynes.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy2024-11-2748 min
Fresh AirCanonical Lyricist Ira Gershwin Gets His DueIra Gershwin wrote the lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook, including "I Got Rhythm," "S'Wonderful," "Embraceable You," "Love is Here to Stay," and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." Biographer Michael Owen talks about Ira's collaboration with his brother George, his writing process, and the line he added to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Later, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers drummer Roy Haynes.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy2024-11-2748 min
Ecoute ! il y a un éléphant dans le jardin"De grandes dents. Enquête sur un petit malentendu", de Lucile NovatAu programme de l’émission du 30 octobre : avec Lucile Novat, autrice.
En écoute également sur le site de la radio Cause commune et sur l'application Cause commune (Apple et Google)
LA NOUVEAUTÉ DISCOGRAPHIQUE - chronique de Véronique Soulé - c'est au début🔶La folle journée de George Gershwin, histoire de Fabrice Colin, dite par Laure Calamy, musique de The Amazing Keystone Big Band – Livre-CD + QR code, illustré par Alexis Bruchon , Gautier-Languereau, octobre 2024
Voici le récit d’une escapade à Paris du Newyorkais Georges Gershwin, le petit génie du swing, avec...2024-10-301h 26
Sounds of BlueSOB 463 - Features: Michael Bloomfield, Luther Allison, Danny Gatton, Ron Pigpen McKernan, John Cipollina, Gene Harris & Bireli LaGreene,Artist Song Album Label Notes- Bernard Herrmann Twilight Zone - End Title - Dream Theme 40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959 Silva Treasury - 4CD's 2022 SOB Twilight Zone Theme- Danny Gatton Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny Farina Unfinished Business - 1989 NRG Records Danny Gatton - 79- Danny Gatton In My Room by Brian Wilson & Gary Usher 88 Elmira Street - 1991 Elektra Records Danny Gatton - 79- Danny Gatton Canadian Sunset by Eddie Haywood & Norman Gimbel Redneck Jazz - 1978 NRG Records Danny Gatton - 79- Joey DeFrancesco - Danny Gatton Big Mo by Danny Gatton Rele...2024-10-124h 08
Boston Public Radio PodcastBPR Full Show 10/11: Bucket ListsGil Rose is our guest for Live Music Friday. He's leading a first-of-its-kind opera production that fuses two political satires from songwriting legends George & Ira Gershwin at NEC’s Jordan Hall.GBH News investigative reporter Phillip Martin, Tim Biba & the SPLC’s Megan Squire join to talk about the proliferation of Odysee, LBRY and other online platforms catering to white supremacists. Leonard Glass is a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who is co-author of the 2017 book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Professionals Assess a President." He’s joins to talk ab...2024-10-111h 52
El Faro del JAZZEl faro del jazz - 6x01 - Ella Fitzgerald (Parte 1)Comenzamos la sexta temporada de El faro del jazz a lo grande, dedicándolo a la conocida como 'Primera Dama del Jazz', la cantante norteamericana Ella Fitzgerald.
Ella Fitzgeral está considerada como una de las mejores intérpretes de jazz de la historia, así como una de las mayores especialistas en el 'scat'.
En esta primera parte nos centraremos en sus inicios, cuando comenzó a despuntar en la orquesta del batería y director Chick Webb. También escucharemos algunas de sus piezas grabadas en los años 40 con grandes de la época, como Louis Armstrong, Hank Jones, Ray Brown o Buddy R...2024-09-022h 08
The Music ShowBecoming Ella FitzgeraldFor someone referred to as "the Queen of Jazz" and "First Lady of Song", there's a surprising amount we don't know about legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. She didn't fit the image of a star: she was incredibly polite, avoided drugs and swearing, and kept her private life entirely private. But when she sang, people listened. Her clear diction, perfect intonation and master of scat singing made her one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century. Music historian and author of Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song Judith Tick reveals as much as sh...2024-08-1154 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – March 28, 2024: The Films of Agnes Varda – Burton Lane Part TwoBookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Links to assorted local theater & book venues
The Films of Agnes Varda
Susan Oxtoby, Director of Film and Senior Film Curator at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), discusses the current retrospective of the films of the great Belgian-French film maker Agnes Varda (1928-2019) with host Richard Wolinsky.
Agnes Varda began her career as a stills photographer and became a director with La Point Courte (1954), having seen very few films in her life. She went on to i...2024-03-2859 min
KPFA - Bookwaves/ArtwavesBookwaves/Artwaves – March 21, 2024: Burton Lane (1912-1997)Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Links to assorted local theater & book venues
Burton Lane, Broadway and Hollywood composer and sometime lyricist, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, August 17, 1992 in New York.
Burton Lane, who died at the age of 84 in 1997, was best known for composing the scores for the hit Broadway shows Finian’s Rainbow (with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg) and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (with Alan J. Lerner). As a teenager, he was considered a protégé of George Gershwin, and was close to the Gershwin fa...2024-03-2159 min
Inside the Music: The Reno Phil PodcastMarch 23 and 24, 2024: Gershwin CelebrationLaura Jackson, Reno Phil Music Director and Conductor, and Mark Clague, Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, Director of the University's Gershwin Initiative, and Editor-in-Chief of the George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition, talk with Chris Morrison about the Reno Phil's “Gershwin Celebration” concerts on March 23 and 24, 2024. The music includes Maurice Ravel's Boléro; Spaghetti Western by Michael Daugherty, with English horn soloist Jordan Pyle; and two pieces by George Gershwin, An American in Paris and the Overture to Primrose.2024-03-1837 minKPFA - Radio WolinskyThe Gershwin Project V: Burton Lane, 1992Burton Lane, Broadway and Hollywood composer and sometime lyricist, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, August 17, 1992 in New York.
Burton Lane, who died at the age of 84 in 1997, was best known for composing the scores for the hit Broadway shows Finian’s Rainbow (with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg) and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (with Alan J. Lerner). As a teenager, he was considered a protégé of George Gershwin, and was close to the Gershwin family until he moved to Los Angeles to compose songs for a variety of different musicals, including the Fred Astaire film...2024-03-172h 18
Anything GoesIra Gershwin IIIGuest hosted by Jeff Lunden, this is the conclusion of a three-part program paying tribute to iconic lyricist Ira Gershwin known for his collaborations with his brother George, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen, to name a few, and his numerous Broadway shows including FUNNY FACE, GIRL CRAZY, PORGY AND BESS and OF THEE I SING. This tribute includes an archival interview from 1969 with the lyricist discussing his successful career alongside his composer brother, George. Additionally, this episode includes rare recordings of Ira Gershwin singing his own songs and features music from DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, SHALL WE DANCE, OF THEE...2024-03-0433 min
Anything GoesIra Gershwin IIGuest hosted by Jeff Lunden, this is the second of a three-part program paying tribute to iconic lyricist Ira Gershwin known for his collaborations with his brother George, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen, to name a few, and his numerous Broadway shows including FUNNY FACE, GIRL CRAZY, PORGY AND BESS and OF THEE I SING. This episode features the second half of a tribute to Gershwin as star-studded guests share personal anecdotes and perform Ira’s songs including Tony Bennett, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Arthur Schwartz, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland (via a movie clip), Tommy Tune and Twiggy....2024-02-2634 min
Anything GoesIra Gershwin IGuest hosted by Jeff Lunden, this is the first of a three-part program paying tribute to iconic lyricist Ira Gershwin known for his collaborations with his brother George, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen, to name a few, and his numerous Broadway shows including FUNNY FACE, GIRL CRAZY, PORGY AND BESS and OF THEE I SING. This episode features a tribute to Gershwin as star-studded guests share personal anecdotes and perform his songs including Hal David, Margaret Whiting, Cab Calloway, Jonathan Sprague, Priscilla Baskerville, and Bruton Lane. Featured songs: “MY SHIP,” “SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME,” “IT AIN’T NE...2024-02-1932 min
Spin It!George & Ira Gershwin's Greatest Hits - A Gopher Day Special: Episode 134It's Groundhog Day! Back in Episode 45 Connor introduced us to George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue, and described it as his "going mad montage" where he tried to catch a pesky gopher. So we decided today should be Gopher Day instead! We're celebrating by revisiting George and Ira Gershwin and some of the iconic music that made their careers the stuff of legends. From the banks of the Swanee to Porgy & Bess and every concerto, suite, and show tune in between, these brothers were international pioneers of America's musical pantheon. We cover their lives end to end (and then some...2024-02-021h 34
Tous mélomanes1937, l'année fatidiqueJean-Noël Régnier évoque aujourd’hui une sombre année du vingtièmesiècle pour la musique, puisqu’en 1937 un nombre anormal de grands compositeurs sont décédés, comme notamment Maurice Ravel ou Georges Gershwin.Charles-Marie Widor (1845-1937)Toccata de la 5ème Symphonie Opus 42 n°1François Henri Houbart aux Grandes Orgues de la MadeleineCD Pierre Verany PV 786033Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937)mvt 4 sonate pour flûte et pianoMichel Moraguès & Kyoko Nojima CD SAPHIR Productions n° LVC 1112 Karol SZYMANOWSKI Concerto pour violon n° 1 Op 3...2024-01-3058 min
Book Vs Movie PodcastAn American in Paris (1951) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, George & Ira GershwinBook Vs. Movie: An American in ParisThe 1928 “Symphonic Poem” Vs. the 1951 Classic Movie The Margos are starting the New Year with a symphonic poem by George Gershwin that evokes France during the Annees Folles (the 1920s era). The piece was also inspired by Maurice Ravel's "unusual chords." After visiting Paris in 1926, Gershwin sought out teachers, but they all told him that there was no one better than Gershwin himself. He told a reporter that this work was an American's first time in Paris. It premiered at Carnegie Hall on December 13, 1948.2024-01-071h 07
The ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionS WonderfulAnd All That Jazz is a Music Podcast recorded live at The Harrods Piano Bar.
Title: S Wonderful
Composer: George / Ira Gershwin
Performer: Ralston Van Der Schyff (piano)
Recorded live and unedited at The Harrods Piano Bar, Shanghai
Artist Podcast Page: ralstonvanderschyff.com/p_and-all-that-jazz
Artist Website: ralstonvanderschyff.com2023-12-2501 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionS WonderfulAnd All That Jazz is a Music Podcast recorded live at The Harrods Piano Bar.
Title: S Wonderful
Composer: George / Ira Gershwin
Performer: Ralston Van Der Schyff (piano)
Recorded live and unedited at The Harrods Piano Bar, Shanghai
Artist Podcast Page: ralstonvanderschyff.com/p_and-all-that-jazz
Artist Website: ralstonvanderschyff.com2023-12-2501 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionS WonderfulAnd All That Jazz is a Music Podcast recorded live at The Harrods Piano Bar.
Title: S Wonderful
Composer: George / Ira Gershwin
Performer: Ralston Van Der Schyff (piano)
Recorded live and unedited at The Harrods Piano Bar, Shanghai
Artist Podcast Page: ralstonvanderschyff.com/p_and-all-that-jazz
Artist Website: ralstonvanderschyff.com2023-12-2501 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionS WonderfulAnd All That Jazz is a Music Podcast recorded live at The Harrods Piano Bar.
Title: S Wonderful
Composer: George / Ira Gershwin
Performer: Ralston Van Der Schyff (piano)
Recorded live and unedited at The Harrods Piano Bar, Shanghai
Artist Podcast Page: ralstonvanderschyff.com/p_and-all-that-jazz
Artist Website: ralstonvanderschyff.com2023-12-2501 min
UMich Retirees PodcastPreserving the Legacy of Song: The University of Michigan’s Gershwin InitiativeDr. Mark Clague -- Associate Dean for Collaborations and Partnerships, Professor of Music and Director of the U-M Gershwin Initiative and Co-Editor-in-Chief MUSA -- talks about the University of Michigan Gershwin Initiative is an ongoing scholarly examination of the Gershwins' music, in which U-M scholars in collaboration with peers from across the nation and globe, document and analyze—note-by-note and word-by-word—the treasure trove of works featuring music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin—including Porgy and Bess, often considered America's greatest opera—as well as the celebrated instrumental works by George Gershwin. Professor Clague will share the curr...2023-12-181h 21
The 1937 Flood Watch Podcast"But Not for Me"As an anthem to angst, George and Ira Gershwin’s bittersweet counter-love song “But Not For Me” was well ahead of its time.The brothers penned the song in 1930 for the stage musical “Girl Crazy,” in which it was premiered by Ginger Rogers, who was appearing in the role that led to her film career. Since then, the tune has been recorded many times, though many leading vocalists like Tony Bennett don’t seem to have ever given it a try, even though it is, as musician Jed Scott notes, “It’s a gem of a song, and a we...2023-11-2404 min
Concert LocalBHS Fall 2023 Choir ConcertChromatics
Hot Knife - Opb. Fiona Apple, Arr. Lily Mamminga*
Days of Wine and Roses - Mercer & Mancini, Arr. R. Robinson
Attention - Opb. Charlie Puth, Arr. Pentatonix
Chorale
Astonishing - Mindi Dickstein, Jason Howland; Arr. Mark Brymer
Every Night When the Sun Goes in - Arr. Bob Boyd
I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Arr. Teena Chinn
Bass Chorale
Parting Glass - Traditional Irish - Arr. Stuart P. O’Neil
Make Space for Life to Live - Mi...2023-10-201h 08
Screen Thom on Ry(e)Episode 14 "Summertime... and the Viewing Is Easy"Join RCB Podcast host #RyanClemBarnes, Screen Rant writer and screen studies professor @rizay_photos, professor emeritus of Communication & Media Studies @wainerjr.a, and me for Screen Thom episode 14 as we discuss "WTFilm?" with the Writers Guild strike. In our feature story, we handicap 2023’s summer movies and discuss the ones that have already opened. And in “Last Call,” we recommend our favorite streaming series. "Summertime... and the Viewing Is Easy" (with apologies to George & Ira Gershwin).2023-05-271h 03
Under the Influence with DJJonniBravoS2-E7 - Shay Leonia | Recording ArtistGo Under the Musical Influence of Shay Leonia answering 9 Questions about her Musical Self. Shay Started In The Band Literally Being Born into Music and Grew Up in a Family of Musicians in New Jersey to Following Suit with the Rest of Her Family by Learning to Play the Trumpet to Singing on the Subway to Finally Working with Some Major Music People to now Living in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Shay's Music Sounds Like A Mix Between Kelis Vocals Over Nine Inch Nails Beats!I Decided to Go Sing for a Living and Received a Scholarship t...2023-03-1359 min
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Therapy For MeHow long has this been going onFive minutes ago I didn't know this song existed. When I decided on the title song for this week, I was thinking of the Paul Carrack penned track (recorded by Ace in 1974) and it was only when I was searching out a link that I discovered this gem by George & Ira Gershwin.Of course there are multiple versions too choose from, and although I am not a card-carrying Van Morrison fan, I do think this is a cracking arrangement.The song was originally included in the musical Funny Face, but after some jiggery-pokery-publisher-interference it was...2023-02-0422 min
Kalm met KlassiekTrompet - 'Someone to Watch Over Me' van George GershwinWelkom terug bij een nieuwe aflevering van Kalm met Klassiek, dé podcastserie voor je dagelijkse momentje rust. Vandaag pakken we het weekthema weer op: 'Trompet'. Ab vond een mooie versie voor trompet van Someone to Watch Over Me, met pianobegeleiding. George Gershwin schreef dit lied op de tekst van zijn oudere broer Ira Gershwin. Het was één van de hits uit de musical Oh, Kay! uit 1926. Toen was het een snel en jazzy uptempo lied. Later werd het een jazzstandard in een veel langzamer tempo. Dat hoor je ook zeker terug in deze uitvoering van Alison Balsom. Van alle toe...2023-01-1007 min
Setting The Standard: Stories From The Great American SongbookEpisode 7: George & Ira Gershwin“I Got Rhythm”, “Summertime”, “The Man I Love”. These are the songs you have been singing your whole life, and now is your chance to learn about who wrote them! In this week’s episode, the men you love are at the forefront: George and Ira Gershwin, brothers who sometimes seemed to write their hits with four hands and one brain. George’s gift for melody and Ira’s ability to seamlessly blend lyrical sophistication with the American vernacular made for a plethora of immortal songs that both reflected and shaped the dynamic forces of American modernism during the Jazz Age. Hear dir...2022-12-0657 min
BROADWAY NATIONGeorge Gershwin, Vincent Youmans & The Silver Age Of Broadway, part 1This special Encore episode of Broadway Nation celebrates the birthdays this week of two of Broadways greatest composers -- George Gershwin & Vincent Youmans.Both were born 124 years ago in 1898 and they came into the world just one day apart – Gershwin on September 26, and Youmans on September 27. And even though they were both born in NYC, they came from different worlds. Gershwin’s parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants, and George grew up on the Lower East Side where his father worked in a shoe factory and George dropped put of school at 15 to go to work.Youm...2022-09-2933 min
Profiles With Maggie LePiqueDrummer, Producer Gregg Field Discusses Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin SongbookMaggie Speaks With Drummer, Producer Gregg Field About Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook - Eight-time Grammy and 2018 Emmy winner (including Latin Grammy “Producer of the Year”) Gregg Field is one of the most musically diverse and highly sought-after producers, musicians and educators in music.World class musicians and singers — a veritable who’s who of music, including Michael Buble, Placido Domingo, Pharrell Williams, Josh Groban, Garth Brooks, Alejandro Sanz, Stevie Wonder, Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones — are among his many musical collaborators.Starting at age 19, Field toured with, among others, Co...2022-08-2131 min
KPFA - Radio WolinskyThe Gershwin Project IV: Michael Feinstein, 1991Michael Feinstein, American songbook performer, discussing his work as archivist for Ira Gershwin with host Richard Wolinsky,
Michael Feinstein is an American singer, songwriter and classicist of the American songbook. At the age of 20, he was hired to help Ira Gershwin archive his collection of recordings and preserving unpublished Gershwin sheet music. He continued that task for the next seven years. By the 1980s he was a well known cabaret performer, and soon had several CDs under his belt. He has been nominated five times for Grammy Awards. Has been the subject of a PBS documentary series...2022-08-0741 min
YourClassical AdventuresGet Into the RhythmMusic can still be music without a melody or harmony, but you can’t really have music without some sort of rhythm. Join host Liz Lyon as we explore the musical concept of rhythm.
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George Gershwin: I’ve Got Rhythm — Gershwin worked with his older brother on this piece. He composed the music, and his older brother, Ira Gershwin, wrote the lyrics. This rhythm can really help to put you in a good mood.LISTEN — George Gershwin: I’ve Got Rhythm
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Fifty Key Stage Musicals: The PodcastCh, 8- PORGY AND BESSPORGY AND BESSCOMPOSER: George GershwinLYRICIST: Ira Gershwin, DuBose HeywardBOOK: DuBose HeywardSOURCE: Porgy by DuBose Heyward (1925) DIRECTOR: Rouben MamoulianPRINCIPLE CAST: Anne Brown (Bess), John W. Bubbles (Sportin’ Life), Todd Duncan (Porgy), OPENING DATE: October 10th, 1935CLOSING DATE: January 25th, 1936PERFORMANCES: 124SYNOPSIS: When the murderous Crown abandons his lover Bess, a disabled beggar, Porgy, vows to protect her. When Crown vows to return and take Bess away, Porg...2022-04-1938 min
Fifty Key Stage Musicals: The PodcastOF THEE I SINGOF THEE I SINGCOMPOSER: George GershwinLYRICIST: Ira GershwinBOOK: George S. Kaufman, Morrie RyskindDIRECTOR: George S. KaufmanCHOREOGRAPHER: Chester HalePRINCIPLE CAST: William Gaxton (Wintergreen), Victor Moore (Throttlebottom), Lois Moran (Mary)OPENING DATE: Dec 26, 1931CLOSING DATE: Jan 14, 1933PERFORMANCES: 441SYNOPSIS: John P Wintergreen is a presidential candidate who needs a wife. When a national contest is held to find a potential bride, Wintergreen is paired with America’s swe...2022-04-1750 min
Kathy Williams-DeVries musesOur Love is here to stay George and Ira GershwinOur Love is here to stay George and Ira Gershwin by Kathy Williams-Devries2022-03-0602 min
Now I've Heard EverythingMichael FeinsteinIn the mid 20th century, brothers George and ira Gershwin produced many of the songs that have lived in America's heart for decades.
With George's melodies and Ira's lyrics, tunes like "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Embraceable You," and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" have endured for decades.
In 1977, a young cabaret singer named Michael Feinstein went to work as Ira Gershwin's personal archivist.
For the next six years, until Gershwin's death, feinstein worked closely with him, gathering insight, inspiration, and some great stories about Gershwin and his contemporaries like Cole Porter, I...2022-02-2819 min
A Walking Tour of Belmar, NJ15th Ave. beach - George & Ira Gershwin You are at 15th Avenue Beach, stop #46 on our Treasure Trail. Over the years, Belmar has attracted millions of visitors, including our fair share of celebrities. You can hear more about our Bruce Springsteen connection at stop #1 and stop #16 on the Treasure Trail. But as you stand on this boardwalk right now, let us take you back to the 1920’s, and the iconic Broadway hits of Ira and George Gershwin. Back then, the entire block across the street between 15th and 16th Avenues was taken up by the Atlantic Hotel. This trendy hotel, which catered to a literary and cu...2022-02-2601 min
BROADWAY NATIONFrom 2nd Avenue To Times Square - How The Yiddish Theater Influenced BroadwayOn this episode my guest is acclaimed actor, singer, writer, producer and director Avi Hoffman who specializes in Jewish culture and Yiddish theater. His long running off-Broadway “Too Jewish” trilogy has been seen by millions on PBS and at theater venues around the world, and in 2016 he received rave reviews and a Drama Desk nomination for his performance as "Willy Loman" in the Yiddish language production of Death of Salesman. He is also the founder and CEO of the Yiddishkayt Initiative -- a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Jewish culture.Nearly 3.5 million Jews emigrated to the United State...2022-02-2439 min
The #OperaTrash PodcastEpisode 74: Porgy and Bess: Be Like George and IraWhat does it mean to be like George and Ira Gershwin? This week's episode is (almost) all about their opera Porgy and Bess, and Anna and Krista tell you just what they did that was so groundbreaking for their time. They also shoutout Krista's co-workers, celebrate the homecoming of Anna's little nephew and air their grievances about yet another criticism connected to Jonas.2021-12-052h 54
KPFA - Radio WolinskyThe Gershwin Project III: Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007), in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded by phone. This interview has never been heard via radio or podcast.
Created for an unfinished radio documentary on the life of George Gershwin, this interview was the final of seven interviews recorded for the program before it was abandoned, recorded in 2001 or 2002.
Best known for a long stint as panelist on a popular television quiz show, To Tell the Truth, from 1956 to 1978, with cameos in a handful of films late in life, Kitty Carlisle was born in 1910 and died in 2007. She came o...2021-09-0533 min
The Mindless Morning ShowThe Legal Extraordinaire of Entertainments Lifetime, Marc Jacobson!A man who has accomplished so much, and is still kicking it, each and every day. Marc Jacobson IS THE MAN! Selected by Chambers USA every year since 2005, The Best Lawyers in America for 2019 and 2020, and by Super Lawyers since 2008 as one of the top Entertainment Lawyers in NYC, Jacobson built his unique practice by focusing on his two passions: music and film.In the music area, he represented the estates of George & Ira Gershwin, Elvis Presley and Duke Ellington and important songwriters such as Jimmy Webb, Shakira, James Brown and Holland-Dozier-Holland. He represented the digital jukebox in...2021-05-0730 min
The #1 Musical ExperienceGeorge GershwinWhy We Should Expose Our Kids To Classical Music https://ourtownlive.net #herbw79George Gershwin (/ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn/; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs Swanee (1919) and Fascinating Rhythm (1924), the jazz standard I Got Rhythm (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935) which spawned the hit Summertime.Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career a...2021-04-2233 min
Musikstück der WocheKirill Gerstein spielt George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue
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George Gershwin schlägt im Januar 1924 die New York Tribune auf und reibt sich die Augen. Da steht, dass er gerade dabei sei, eine Jazzsinfonie zu schreiben, die in wenigen Wochen uraufgeführt würde.
Kein Wort davon ist wahr. Der Bandleader George Whiteman hat die Meldung lanciert. Er liegt dem 25-jährigen Gershwin schon geraume Zeit in den Ohren, er solle sein Talent nicht in Drei-Minuten-Songs vergeuden, sondern sich endlich mal an eine richtig große Musik wagen. Mit dieser Vorankündigung will er Gershwin Dampf machen!
Guter Jazz, aber schlechter Liszt
Die Uhr ti...2021-04-1017 min
Theory of MusicCharlie Mingus discusses his compositional methods in a note about Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)On the album sleeve of Pithecanthropus Erectus (The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop, 1956) Charlie Mingus discusses his methods of composition. There are four pieces on the album:
1. Pithecanthropus Erectus, Charlie Mingus
2. A Foggy Day, George & Ira Gershwin
3. Profile of Jackie, Charlie Mingus
4. Love Chant, Charlie Mingus2021-04-0803 min
The ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionI've Got A Crush On You / Basin Street Blues MedleyComposition by George & Ira Gershwin and "Basin Street Blues" by S. Williams.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La West Shanghai.2021-03-2704 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionI've Got A Crush On You / Basin Street Blues MedleyComposition by George & Ira Gershwin and "Basin Street Blues" by S. Williams.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La West Shanghai.2021-03-2704 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionI've Got A Crush On You / Basin Street Blues MedleyComposition by George & Ira Gershwin and "Basin Street Blues" by S. Williams.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La West Shanghai.2021-03-2704 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionI've Got A Crush On You / Basin Street Blues MedleyComposition by George & Ira Gershwin and "Basin Street Blues" by S. Williams.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La West Shanghai.2021-03-2704 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionI've Got A Crush On You / Basin Street Blues MedleyComposition by George & Ira Gershwin and "Basin Street Blues" by S. Williams.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La West Shanghai.2021-03-2704 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionOh Lady Be GoodComposition by George & Ira Gershwin.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai.2021-03-2702 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionOh Lady Be GoodComposition by George & Ira Gershwin.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai.2021-03-2702 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionOh Lady Be GoodComposition by George & Ira Gershwin.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai.2021-03-2702 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionOh Lady Be GoodComposition by George & Ira Gershwin.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai.2021-03-2702 minThe ARMCHAIR Jazz CollectionOh Lady Be GoodComposition by George & Ira Gershwin.
Improvised performance by Ralston van der Schyff, at Jing An Shangri-La, West Shanghai.2021-03-2702 min
American SongThe Classical-Jazz Affair; Episode 6 of American SongGet in touch!By the 1920's, jazz had grown too large for its humble origins in New Orleans and was impacting the musical world, including the greatest classical European musicians and composers, as well as American listeners and fellow jazz musicians.What came next was an explosion of creativity among the musical who's who of the day.The world's stage was filled to capacity with Europe's heavy-weights, like Toscanini, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky and American classicists, like Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, not to mention the greats of the jazz world, like Louis...2021-03-211h 05