The song "Summertime" was written by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward and although not thought to be directly involved, Ira Gershwin gets an ...

R ock soul diva Fantasia and award-winning music director and bassist Adam Blackstone have collaborated on a new rendition of ...

"Summertime" "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" "My Man's Gone Now" "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" "Bess, You Is My Woman" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Loves You, Porgy" In the 1920s, George Gershwin had an ...

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine ... (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".

CD 1: 01. But Not For Me (George Gershwin) - 11:44; 02. Lonnie's Lament (John Coltrane) - 15:25; 03. Say It Over And Over Again (Frank Lesser) - 11:57; 04. Impressions (John Coltrane) - 16:19. CD 2: ...

If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...

Nina Westervelt Over the weekend, Joni Mitchell and an all-star ensemble of friends and collaborators took over Los Angeles’ ...

presents “An Afternoon of Gershwin” Sunday at 4 p.m. Ron Packard opens the program with George Gershwin piano selections. Songs like “Summertime,” “Embraceable You” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It” ...

The George Gershwin standard “Summertime” and her own “Come in From the Cold” returned Mitchell to lead vocals, both of them with softer accompaniment that let the beauty of her lived-in ...

George Gershwin ("Summertime"), Irving Berlin ("Blue Skies"), Cole Porter ("What Is This Thing Called Love"), and Rodgers and Hart ("My Funny Valentine") are some of the best-known composers of these ...

Elton—who backed up Joni on a special edit of “I’m Still Standing”—was among the many great musicians who joined for those legendary “Joni Jams.” So were Paul McCartney, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan, and ...