Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
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Composer: George GershwinPerformer: Frank Milne
Performer: George Gershwin
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-11-09
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Sweet And Lowdown
- Novelette In Fourths
- That Certain Feeling
- So Am I
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Swanee
- When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em...
- Kickin' The Clouds Away
- Idol Dreams
- On My Mind The Whole Night Long
- Scandal Walk
- An American In Paris
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Free Music Review: Who better to play Gershwin than Gershwin?
Hit: 4 Stars
I suppose when it comes right down to it, there is no better interpreter of a person's music than the composer himself. From that axiom alone, this CD takes on an educational and historical perspective that makes it well worthwhile. I say educational, because there can be no doubt that Gershwin is, well, a Gershwin authority. And although it is true that the recordings are a little "flat", especially when it comes to dynamics, the producers used the given technology (computers and a disk clavier) expertly enough to make the listener at least aware that these are no ordinary performances of Gershwin tunes. Particularly with Rhapsody in Blue, the movement through the range of emotions and tones is really quite stunning and exciting, setting itself apart from every other version you've ever heard. Even from there, the CD goes to Swanee, and it is hard not to feel you are back in the early jazz era, sitting in a parlor listening to a relative or family friend while away the hours playing "contemporary" music. Every song brings out some feature of George's playing, and while it may not be a tribute CD in that sense, it is east to believe that it was, in any event, possible George knew he was recording for posterity when he first sat and made the rolls. This is, in short, a very fascinating CD. I would think any student of American music could not do without it, and any jazz music collector could definitely build his or her early jazz collection around this recording.
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