I've little original to say upon the the topic, but I cannot let it go unobserved: today marks 100 years since George Gershwin premiered his Rhapsody in Blue at Aeolian Hall in New York (February 12, 1924). Popular bandleader Paul Whiteman, the self-styled "King of Jazz" commissioned the work as the keystone in his "Experiment […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:24AM on February 12, 2024