George Gershwin - The Genius of George Gershwin

Title: The Genius of George Gershwin Artist: George Gershwin Release Date: 2007 Label: Sounds of Yester Year Duration: 115:55 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, performer(s) biography UPC: 5019317070410 Genre: Music Theater Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé)
2. Preludes (3) for piano
3. Rhapsody in Blue, for piano
   - Andante
4. An American in Paris, tone poem for orchestra
5. Sweet and Low-Down, song (from Tip-Toes, musical)
6. That Certain Feeling, song (from Tip-Toes, musical)
7. Looking for a Boy, song (from Tip-Toes, musical)
8. When Do We Dance?, song (from Tip-Toes, musical)
9. Do, Do, Do, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
10. Someone to Watch Over Me, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
11. Clap Yo' Hands, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
12. Maybe, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
13. My One and Only, song (from Funny Face, musical)
14. Work(s)
    - 'S Wonderful / Funny Face (from Funny Face)

1. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, song (from George White's Scandals of 1922)
2. Somebody Loves Me, song (from George White's Scandals of 1924, revue)
3. Oh, Lady Be Good, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
4. Fascinatin' Rhythm, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical)
5. That Certain Feeling, song (from Tip-Toes, musical)
6. Looking for a Boy, song (from Tip-Toes, musical)
7. Clap Yo' Hands, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
8. Do, Do, Do, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
9. Someone to Watch Over Me, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
10. My One and Only, song (from Funny Face, musical)
11. The Man I Love, song (from Strike Up the Band, 1st version; orig. composed for Lady, Be Good!)
12. Oh Gee! Oh Joy!, song (from Rosalie, musical)
13. 'S Wonderful, song (from Funny Face, musical)
14. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away), song (from Show Girl, musical)
15. Strike Up the Band, song (from Strike Up The Band; both versions)
16. Embraceable You, song (from Girl Crazy, musical)
17. I Got Rhythm, song (from Girl Crazy, 1930)
18. Delishious, song (from Delicious, film)

English label Sounds of Yester Year's The Genius of George Gershwin is a two-disc collection of historical recordings of Gershwin's music made between 1918 and 1931, though most of it is concentrated in the years 1926-1928. The first disc, George Gershwin at the Piano, contains many to most of the studio recordings Gershwin made as pianist, although it does not include the recordings he made as accompanist to Fred and Adele Astaire and does include Nat Shilkret's 1929 waxing of An American in Paris, a date to which Gershwin only made a minimal contribution. The second disc is titled The Bands Play George Gershwin, and includes a wide variety of 1920s and early 1930s jazz and dance orchestras playing songs from various Gershwin shows. Many of the groups heard in this part of the collection are English, which sets it apart from similarly themed domestic U.S. collections of this kind. The transfers are very quiet, but a little constricted and below par for such reissues; however, for listeners who cannot bear even the slightest trace of 78 rpm surface noise, such as older relatives, they'll be great. It is an inexpensive collection, and the cheap-looking, generic cover graphic might be a little off-putting to advanced Gershwin collectors; it makes it look like this is a collection of faceless, anonymous orchestrations of Gershwin standards that no one would want. Nevertheless, the inclusion of such gems as the Savoy Orpheans' version of "Fascinating Rhythm" or Nat Shilkret's 1931 take on the Gershwin rarity "Delishus" may well make Sounds of Yester Year's The Genius of George Gershwin desirable, even if one already has the contents of the first disc many times over. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ben Selvin Conductor Bert Lown Conductor Billy Cotton Conductor Frank Greene Coordination Fred Rich Conductor George Gershwin Piano, Celeste George Olsen Conductor Gus Kahn Lyricist Ira Gershwin Lyricist Jack Hylton Conductor John Bennett Graphic Design John Wadley Liner Notes, Transfers Johnny Lee "Jaimoe" Johnson Conductor P.G. Wodehouse Lyricist Paul Whiteman Conductor Paul Whiteman Orchestra Orchestra Percival Mackey Conductor Phil Ohman Conductor Roger Wolfe Kahn Conductor Sam Lanin Conductor Victor Arden Conductor