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The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1
 
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The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1

George Gershwin (Composer), Jack Gibbons (Performer)
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Jack Gibbons has been called "the Gershwin pianist of our time," and rightfully so. On four remarkable CDs recorded for the British ASV label, he reconstructed and recorded virtually all of George Gershwin's piano improvisations (taken from the composer's recordings of the 1920's and 30's) and arrangements for piano. Somehow Gibbons managed to not only play Gershwin's notes but to bring back his… Read more in Amazon's Jack Gibbons Store

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  • Performer: Jack Gibbons
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Audio CD (November 2, 1993)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: White Line
  • ASIN: B0000030YA
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,990 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

 
1. Swanee
2. Come to the Moon
3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
4. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo [From LA, LA, Lucille]
5. Nobody But You [From LA, LA, Lucille]
6. Limehouse Night [From Morris Gest Midnight Whirl]
7. Drifting Along With the Tide [From George White's Scandals of 1924]
8. Rhapsody in Blue [Solo Piano Version]
9. Oh, Lady Be Good [From Lady, Be Good!]
10. Fascinating Rhythm [From Lady, Be Good!]
11. Hang on to Me [From Lady, Be Good!]
12. I'd Rather Charleston [From Lady, Be Good!, London Production]
13. Man I Love [From Lady, Be Good!]
14. Half of It, Dearie, Blues [From Lady, Be Good!]
15. So Am I [From Lady, Be Good!]
16. Kickin' the Clouds Away [From Tell Me More]
17. Concerto in F (Slow Movement) [Solo Piano Version]

On this CD:
  1. Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  2. Come to the Moon, song (from Capitol Revue)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  3. I Was So Young, You Were So Beautiful, song (for Good Morning, Judge, musical by various composers)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  4. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo, song (from La, La, Lucille, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  5. Nobody but you, song (from La, La, Lucille, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  6. Limehouse Nights, song (from The Morris Gest Midnight Whirl, revue with music by various composers)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  7. Drifting Along with the Tide, song (from George White's Scandals of 1921)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  8. Rhapsody in Blue, for piano
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  9. Oh, Lady Be Good, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  10. Fascinatin' Rhythm, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  11. Hang On to Me, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  12. I'd Rather Charleston, song (composed for London production of Lady, Be Good)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  13. The Man I Love, song (from Strike Up the Band, 1st version; orig. composed for Lady, Be Good!)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  14. The Half of It, Dearie, blues song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  15. So Am I, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  16. Kickin' the Clouds Away, song (from Tell Me More, musical)
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons

  17. Concerto in F, for piano & orchestra slow movement
    Composed by George Gershwin
    with Jack Gibbons


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5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic is a misused word, but this time it really applies, February 10, 1999
By Harvey Ardman (Rockport, ME USA) - See all my reviews
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I have a huge Gershwin collection accumulated over 40 years and know all this music cold. But I've never heard it played better. I think George himself would smile to hear Gibbons. Unlike the perfect--and bloodless--Gershwin renditions of Michael Feinstein, this one truly captures the spirit of the music. It takes the old Gershwin piano roll renditions with their mechanical rhythm and gives them life. Here, you'll hear hundreds of small variations and Gershwinesque riffs you've never heard before, even if you know this music as well as I do.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Find!, August 19, 2003
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This CD was released in about 1992 but somehow I'd never run across it. I was interested because Jack Gibbons is a pianist I very much admire, primarily for his superb 2CD recording of the minor key études of Alkan, the kind of music that makes even piano virtuosos have nightmares because of their difficulty. One thing I noted in Gibbons's Alkan release was his loose and easy sense of rhythm. So, thought I, maybe he can do Gershwin the way he was meant to be played. And sure enough, he can and does.

These are mostly recreations from the piano roll elaborations that Gershwin recorded himself. Unfortunately the technology at the time Gershwin made them was fairly primitive and it created a kind of rhythmic strait-jacket for his playing. So what Gibbons has done is play the same notes Gershwin played, but subtly free the rhythms so that they sound spontaneous. And do they!

The CD includes a solo piano version of 'Rhapsody in Blue' based on Gershwin's own two-piano arrangement. Also recorded is the slow movement from the 'Concerto in F.' Both are done beautifully.

There is a dynamite performance of 'I'd Rather Charleston,' a tune hardly remembered today. And then there's Gershwin's own patented version (here perfectly mimicked) of 'Fascinating Rhythm.' And on and on.

This is 67 minutes of sheer joy!

Scott Morrison

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