Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. [1] His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind as a teenager, and his father was a longshoreman. [2] Blind since age five due to glaucoma and cataracts, [3] Roberts started learning the piano at age five by picking out notes on the instrument at his church until his parents bought a piano when he was eight. [2]
(blind) Pianist Marcus Roberts, drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Roland Guerin performed George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to a packed house at Symphony Center. Guerin joined the Allen Toussaint Band [ 8 ] in 2008, touring with him until Toussaint died in 2015.
With the wail of a clarinet, George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' electrified audiences 100 years ago. Today we still love it — and argue about it
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C♯ Minor / Franz Liszt; 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
The Wooster Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will perform their first concert of the 2023-24 season on Friday, Oct. 27 and Sunday, Oct. 29
The double live album Live at Blues Alley by the Wynton Marsalis Quartet was recorded December 19–20, 1986 at Blues Alley in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. [1] Members of the quartet included trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, double bassist Robert Hurst, pianist Marcus Roberts and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts.
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and written by George Gershwin, the work premiered in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music" on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York City.