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History. Commission. Bandleader Paul Whiteman (left) and composer George Gershwin (right) Following the success of an experimental classical-jazz concert held with Canadian singer Éva Gauthier in New York City on November 1, 1923, bandleader Paul Whiteman decided to attempt a more ambitious feat. [2] .
- January 1924
- Rhapsody
- June 12, 1924 Harms, Inc.
- Orchestral jazz
13 feb 2024 · Music. One hundred years of ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ a composition that changed music history. George Gershwin’s work has remained popular, but it is also controversial: for some it introduced...
7 apr 2016 · Music, The 1920s. Jazz History: Paul Whiteman, George Gershwin, and the Stale Bread Orchestra. “The King of Jazz” Paul Whiteman writes about trying to jazz up the British, organizing the concert that introduced Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” to the world, and the connection between jazz and classical music.
12 feb 2024 · Paul Whiteman, the man behind the concert, was the most popular bandleader of the 1920s. Nicknamed the ‘King of Jazz’, his ensemble was essentially a large dance orchestra, that often enlisted jazz musicians to its line-up. It was Whiteman who eventually twisted Gershwin’s arm and persuaded him to accept the job.
The Historical Gershwin by George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman, Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Gershwin and Whiteman also recorded the Rhapsody on Victor's high-toned Blue label in June 1924, obviously a historically important recording, even if hacked up to fit onto two sides of a twelve-inch 78 rpm waxing. 22. However, by 1926 Gershwin had become dissatisfied with Whiteman's conducting of the score.
Gershwin may have taken his biggest artistic leap of the mid-1920s with another work, the Concerto in F, which represented a more ambitious attempt to bridge independent musical categories. One of the trendsetters in the crossover movement was the jazz-band conductor Paul Whiteman (1890-1967).
