Our musician of the week is George Gershwin. We listened to the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue in class yesterday. If you have time, listen to the full performance by Leonard Berstein and the NY Philharmonic. We also listened to other jazz standards Gershwin wrote:
1) I Got Rhythm, lyrics written by George’s sister, Ira Gershwin
2) Summertime, with Louis Armstrong on trumpet & vocal (“What a Wonderful World“), and Ella Fitzgerald on vocal (“A Tisket A Tasket“)
You’ll probably hear these songs at some point in your life…they’re pretty famous! Now you’ll know who composed them! 