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Yamekraw, a Negro Rhapsody is a jazz musical composition written by James P. Johnson in 1927 about a neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia. [1] It was a response to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue . It was initially composed for the piano, but was first performed at Carnegie Hall as a jazz-like orchestral arrangement. [ 2 ]
Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a short ten-minute film that was created and released in 1932, starring Sidney Easton [1] and Fanny Belle DeKnight. [1] It is an early example of a "music video", showcasing the tunes I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You and Shine, [2] sung and played by well-known jazz artist Louis Armstrong.
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life is a 9 + 1 ⁄ 2-minute musical short produced in 1935 that features Duke Ellington’s early extended piece, "A Rhapsody of Negro Life". The film, Billie Holiday ’s screen debut, was directed by Fred Waller and distributed by Paramount Pictures .
Gayane Suite No. 2, XI: Sabre Dance / Aram Khachaturian; Hooked on America - 4:07 Rhapsody in Blue / George Gershwin; Camptown Races / Stephen Foster; Rhapsody in Blue / Gershwin; An American in Paris / Gershwin; Rhapsody in Blue / Gershwin; Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World", I: Allegro molto / Dvořák; Old Black Joe / Foster
From 1995 to 2012, Smolin was the host of The Music Never Stops, a psychedelic radio show on KPFK in Los Angeles, California [1] for which Smolin won the first ever Jammy Award for "Best Radio Show" in 2000. [2] Smolin's program was also nominated for an LA Weekly Music Award in 2004 in the "Best Radio Show" category. [3]
Lew Leslie (born Lewis Lessinsky; April 15, 1888 – March 10, 1963) [1] was a Jewish American writer and producer of Broadway shows. [2] [3] [4] Leslie got his start in show business in vaudeville in his early twenties.
Jack Gariss (/ ˈ ɡ ær ɪ s / GARR-iss; October 19, 1920 – January 19, 1985) was an American spiritual teacher and meditation instructor, and a radio personality on KPFK in Los Angeles from the 1960s until his death. As a young man, in the 1950s, Jack Gariss attended University of Southern California and worked for Cecil B. DeMille.
Deodato 2 is a 1973 album by Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato. It features noted session guitarist John Tropea on 4 tracks and virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke on one song, "Skyscrapers". His version of George Gershwin 's " Rhapsody in Blue " was used in Pontiac commercials during the early-1970s.