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The Steve Conway Trio at Larmer Tree Gardens,Wiltshire for the wedding Ceremony and also the drinks reception on the lawns and what a beautiful sunny day it was too! Steve Conway-vocals,Eugene Portman-Piano and Mike Porter Ward -Double Bass ( Cool shades) Video Taken Kindly by Phil the waiter www.the-rat-pack.co.uk
I think this is a beautiful song but, surprisingly, I can't get any info off the net by my usual 'type in the lyrics' method. I know it from listening to Michael Feinstein who is a great source of some lovely music. Ask Me Again, Who's The One I've Begun To Adore Ask Me Again, Who's The Partner My Heart Clamours For Who Is The Who Has Me Tied In A Bow-Not, So That I Know Not, Just Where I'm At Who Is It Makes My Friends All Find, That I've A One Track Heart And Mind Oh Ask Me Again, Let Me Tell How I Fell From The Start One Look And Then, Couldn't Govern The Love In My Heart Who Is It I Searched Everywhere For, To Care To Care For My Whole Life Through Please Ask Me Again, Let Me Shout To The World It's You Silent For One Line Ask Me Again, For I'd Like To Explain It Some More Who Thrills Me More Than The Circus Of Ringling, Who Keeps Me Tingling From Head To Toe Who Is Its In My Heart To Stay, At Least Forever And A Day Oh Ask Me Again, Who's The Moon And The Stars And The Sun Ask Me Again, Who's The Why And The Where And The One Who Is It I Searched High And Low For, Who Will I Go For, My Whole Life Through Please Ask Me Again 'Cos I Just Love To Say It's You Who Is The Only One I Can See, Who Will I Fancy My Whole Life Through Please Ask Me Again, Let Me Shout To The World It's You.
Here is one of the many wonderful songs from the Astaire-Rogers film 'Shall We Dance.'
"I've Got A Crush On You" was composed by George and Ira Gershwin first for the 1928 musical "Treasure Girl" and then re-used in 1930 for "Strike Up The Band". Ira Gershwin assisted orchestra conductor Nelson Riddle with the original charts for the song in this recording from 1959. After Ella completed her "George and Ira Gershwin Songbook", Ira commented, "I didn't realize how great some of this music was until I heard her sing it".
If you like this song you can download it on the album Track 7 www.cdbaby.com
6/26/10 Holland Mariah Grossman performs "The Man I Love" at Boomerang Cafe. Piano accompanist, Wendy Reynolds!
In 2010, at a recording studio in Hollywood, California, legendary American songwriters George and Ira Gershwin and Brian Wilson are brought together for a major music event as Disney Pearl presents "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.
From the CD 'George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration' done for the APLA tribute concert.
From the CD 'George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration' done for the APLA tribute concert.
"It Ain't Necessarily So" is a jazz tune, with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess (1935) where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible. The role of Sportin' Life was created by John W. Bubbles. Other notable incarnations of the character include Cab Calloway on stage and Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 1959 film. Sheet music: "The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook", copyright 1989 by Hal Leonard Corp. Song: copyright 1935 by Gershwin Publishing Corp. Renewed, assigned to Chappell & Co., Inc.
"It Ain't Necessarily So" is a jazz tune, with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess (1935) where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible. The role of Sportin' Life was created by John W. Bubbles. Other notable incarnations of the character include Cab Calloway on stage and Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 1959 film. Sheet music: "The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook", copyright 1989 by Hal Leonard Corp. Song: copyright 1935 by Gershwin Publishing Corp. Renewed, assigned to Chappell & Co., Inc.
Claire Martin, Jim Mullen,Guitar, Laurence Cottle,bass, Dave Ohm,drums. Jazz at Kineo,Brighton.June 2nd 2010.
www.esebop.pl www.ceepackaging.com http www.youtube.com Joanna Morea performs 's wonderful in the Iguana Bar of the Blue Cactus Restaurant in Warsaw on the evening of 10 June 2010 at a meeting of The English Speaking Expatriate Business Owners in Poland. "'S Wonderful" was composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Funny Face (1927) by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns. The song was included in the 1951 movie An American in Paris where it was sung by Gene Kelly, as well as in the 1957 American musical film Funny Face, in which it was performed by Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. The song is a very well-known standard, recorded by many artists, especially jazz artists. Vocal versions include those of Anita O'Day, Gene Kelly, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Joe Williams, John Pizzarelli, Sarah Vaughan, Karrin Allyson, Diana Krall and João Gilberto. There have also been purely instrumental recordings, for example, by Ray Conniff , Lee Konitz and Lenny Tristano, Sonny Stitt, and Lionel Hampton with Oscar Peterson. The English Speaking Expatriate Business Owners in Poland association is a non-profit association exclusively for foreign chief executives: Poland's obscure visible minority. ESEBOP's mission is to serve the networking needs of this group by organizing one dinner every operational quarter during the year. The dinners in October and February feature a panel discussion on a business-related topic, which ...
Rex Reed and Polly Bergen discuss their upcoming show, Ira Without George: The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin. For booking info, contact: KMP Artist Management Inc. www.KMPartists.com
Amazing Vocalist, Helen White performs A Foggy Day (by George & Ira Gershwin) on Breakfast Television! Accompanied by pianist: Jonathan Alexiuk
I Got Rhythm by George and Ira Gershwin Played by Phil Rubin on 1935 Baldwin Grand Piano.
Phil Baker barely expectorated a few bars of this overlooked gem in the 1938 release "Goldwyn Follies," with Adolphe Menjou, Kenny Baker, Ella Logan, Andrea Leeds, The Ritz Brothers, and a host of others, including Zorina, Bergen & McCarthy, and Helen Jepson! The film may be in vivid Technicolor® but it's a tedious dud with some gorgeous songs and sumptuous clothes.
Eleni Pantages sings "Blah, Blah, Blah" by Ira Gershwin Accompanied on the piano by Peter Walsh. Sound recorded by William Rahko
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"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' " is a tune from Act 2 of the musical version of Porgy and Bess, an opera first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and the play of the same name which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward. All three works deal with African American life in the fictitious Catfish Row (based on the real-life Cabbage Row) in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1920s. Sheet music: "The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook", by Hal Leonard Corp.
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' " is a tune from Act 2 of the musical version of Porgy and Bess, an opera first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and the play of the same name which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward. All three works deal with African American life in the fictitious Catfish Row (based on the real-life Cabbage Row) in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1920s. Sheet music: "The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook", by Hal Leonard Corp.
"Mine" was the only popular song to come out of the Gershwin show 'Let 'Em Eat Cake.' It has two melodies that are meant to be sung as a duet. The first pair to record the song was Bob Lawrence and Ramona, with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. I have also provided a short demonstration of the sostenuto pedal, which allows you to control the damper on a single note so you can add a sustained obbligato if wanted.
Oh Lady be good by George & Ira Gershwin,performed by Steve Bone.Day 161 of the jazz standard challenge."Oh, Lady be Good!" is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. The song was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway show, Lady, Be Good!, written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers, starring Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. It ran for 330 performances in its original Broadway run. The song is also performed in the 1941 film, Lady Be Good, though the film itself is unrelated to the musical play. A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald, notable for her scat solo. The song became readily identified with Fitzgerald, and she sang it many times in live performance. For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Oh, Lady be Good! was sung as a ballad, arranged by Nelson Riddle.
Caetano Veloso Composição: George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin Brazil Jazz Bossa Nova, Easy Listening
"I Can't Get Started" was the first song copyrighted (December 15, 1935) for "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936." Before the show opened in New York (Winter Garden, January 30, 1936) it played two weeks in Boston (Boston Opera House, January 6), where Bob Hope sang (according to the printed program) "I Can't Get Started With You" to Judy Canova and the ensemble. When the show opened in Philadelphia (January 14, Forrest Theatre), Canova continued the rôle of the "girl" who paid so little attention to Hope that all she could say was "Good night!" and call for a taxi while he made overtures to her. By the time the show opened in New York, Canova's rôle was given to Eve Arden, who continued in the rôle-of-very-few-words until it was taken over (September 21, 1936) by the actress-of-very-few-clothes, Gypsy Rose Lee, who was serenaded by Bobby Clark (in his first rôle without his partner Paul McCullough) . In the second week of April, 1937, yet another cast change occurred: Gypsy Rose Lee was replaced by Marian Martin, who also did a strip number. On April 13, 1936 a recording of "I Can't Get Started" was made by trumpeter-and-sometimes-singer Bunny Berigan. Even though this was issued (on the bargain-priced 10" diameter Vocalion label, number 3225) at a time when phonograph record sales were just coming out of their Great Depression "slump," it remains today an elusive recording. Berigan wasn't the first to record the song (the smooth crooner "Red" McKenzie made a Decca record of it 10 ...
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" was the second Ziegfeld Follies produced after Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s death in 1932. The Shubert Company kept the legendary Ziegfeld name alive in the Depression by producing editions of the Follies for a few years after his death. Although the publicity stated "Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. (Billie Burke) Presents," the large and experienced Shubert staff was listed clearly in the program. "That Moment of Moments," surprisingly, was not the hit song of the original show. Vernon Duke's clever chord progression is one of many that set him apart from the Tin Pan Alley writers of the day. To the delight of Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke, pianist Eddy Duchin, who led a very popular society orchestra, recorded this song and "Words Without Music" for RCA-Victor. The piano heard in this clip belonged to composer Dana Suesse, a friend of composer Vernon Duke, who played this piano when Suesse owned it. The piano was completely restored in 2009 by Cantabile Piano Co. of New York.
Rare Gershwin tune - never recorded. Ruby Keeler (and chorus) introduced this song in "Ziegfeld Show Girl," with a score which included "Liza" and "Do What You Do." The songs were by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. The song was never recorded commercially in its time. The 1915 Steinway "D" piano on which it is played was purchased by composer Dana Suesse (1909-1987) in the summer of 1934, the same year she was a guest on the radio program "Music By Gershwin." Many of Suesse's contemporaries played this instrument, such as Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, and Oscar Levant. Suesse sold the instrument to Peter Mintun in 1976 and it was completely restored by Cantabile Piano Service, New York, in 2009.
A Record From a lot of Unsold Shop stock - 1st Time Played - Comedy Sketch By Geo Gershwin
In 1959 Nelson Riddle arranged 59 of George and Ira Gershwin's songs for Ella and conducted the orchestra for the Grammy-Award winning album from which this recording of "Soon" comes. Fortunately, Ira Gershwin was still alive at the time of this endeavor and contributed additional lyrics and orchestrations for the album. His comments upon its completion, " I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them".
It's been gushing rain and in Southern California that is something happening. It put enough rhythm into my soul to get me off my rear nd go out and take some pictures of the strange moistness coming out of the sky. Thus the up-beat soundtrack of me doing the great jazz standard, I Got Rhythm, whose chord changes remind me of those Charlie "Bird" Parker used as a format for "Moose The Mooche." Charlie Parker, Ornithology 1 in the offing, "Someone like Charlie Parker comes along only about every two hundred years or so.' - Charles Bukowski picasaweb.google.com
I know, I know... you're probably wondering why I'm posting a Petula Clark song and not a Helen Reddy song. Well, as I've stated a zillion times Helen is my favorite singer of all time. However, it was Petula Clark that was my favorite singer before Helen Reddy emerged on the scene in 1971. During my youth, I listened to Petula Clark constantly. My favorite Petula Clark song--and favorite song for many years for that matter--is "A Foggy Day". I had to post this song because before I heard Petula sing it, I never thought this song could sound credible in a rock-and-roll style--but Petula pulls it off and then some. I can listen to this song on a loop over and over and over even after all these years. What do you think? And to my Helen Reddy comrades out there, wouldn't Helen also have knocked this tune right out of the ballpark? This amazing song was composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Enjoy!
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno 31.10.2006 Aleš Hejcman, Čeněk Liška, Pavol Lieskovský - clarinet Jan Hrbáček - bass clarinet
Baylor Theatre Sophomore Sarah Smith performs "The Man That Got Away" by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin. Performed at Baylor's Fall 2009 Musical Theatre Workshop. Accompanied by Guilherme Almeida.
I can't get started by Ira Gershwin & Vernon Duke, performed by Steve Bone.Day 76 of the jazz standard challenge.After a long hard day what could be better than getting your horn out, and playing this quality standard..
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Encores! has headed from the rainbow-topped valleys of Missitucky to the mythical far West of Arizona -- where it's always cactus time -- for a weekend with George and Ira Gershwin's "Girl Crazy." This breezy song-and-dance show from 1930 aims only to
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"Recorded at the Gables with audience ever present and accounted for with 'bells' dinging as meals are picked up, conversational outbursts that pierce intimate solos and of course the 'live-ness' of imperfection and spontaneity" Taken from the album 'In A Blue Vein' Caitlin Smith (voice, percussion) Steve Gerrish (guitars) Graeme Webb (Guitars and fretless bass)
George Gershwin Memorial. Intro by Paul Whiteman and Ira Gershwin. Issued Nov. 1947.
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Ella was only 22 when George Gershwin died, but his brother Ira Gershwin, the lyricist, lived long enough to not only hear Ella record this song, but also to assist with the production of the album from which it came. Recorded in 1959 with arrangements and orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle, Ella won a Grammy for her "Ella Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook", one of the great musical compilations in recorded history. After this album had been completed, Ira Gershwin remarked, "I had never known how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them".
NYU program meeting performance.
Written for "The Goldwyn Follies", by George and Ira Gershwin .
Sing baby sing! Please rate, comment and sub! www.scotw.com http LYRICS A foggy day in London Town Had me low had me down I viewed the morning with such alarm The British Museum had lost its charm How long, I wondered, could this thing last? But the age of miracles hadn't passed, For, suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London Town The sun was shining everywhere. A foggy day in London Town Had me low had me down I viewed the morning with such alarm Your British Museum had lost its charm How long, I wondered, could this thing last? But the age of miracles hadn't passed, For, suddenly, I saw you there And in a foggy London Town The sun was shining everywhere.
This is a recording I did and then in front of the webcam I sang with the recording I did and added a solo on the guitar. This song was written for the opera "Porgy and Bess". Ira Gershwin and Heyward wrote the lyrics. You can find out more about the song and the opera at the following website: www.classical.net
me singing 'summertime' - again with some lost notes - but who's counting :)
Welsh Soprano Lisa Carlisle sings My Ship from the musical Lady In The Dark written by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, one of the most expensive shows of it's day. The show is about a 1940's high powered fashion exec having difficulty balancing her career with her love life (she is dating three men!) She consults a psychiatrist to help her decipher her dreams. It's a beautiful but not very well known song. I hope you enjoy this performance x
This song was recorded in July or August 1928 in Paris for Columbia Records. The Orchestra leader is Pierre Chagnon.
George Gershwin (1898-1937) 'I Got Rhythm' from Girl Crazy Andrew Litton, conductor and pianist Royal PhilharmonicOrchestra Written in 1930. Recorded in 1987. ClassicalRecords is a Youtube channel where I upload some excellent performances from the LPs in my collection. I'm uploading these LPs because they are either not available on CD, out of print on CD, or just difficult to find.
2009 Steve Zegree Vocal Jazz Camp - The Union Bar and Grille Drums: Evan Hyde Bass: Denis Shebukhov Piano: Dave Hay
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