Nearly nine decades after his death at 38 years old, George Gershwin remains one of the most celebrated and influential American composers. Dr. Thomas Cimarusti, Professor of Music History at Florida ...

George Gershwin’s 1924 composition Rhapsody in Blue is so timeless that it seems scarcely possible that he composed it 100 years ago. Its centenary offers us a special opportunity to celebrate this ...

At the age of 21 he got a huge break. The popular singing star Al Jolson heard one of Gershwin's original tunes, Swanee," and fell in love with it. Jolson put it in his show Sinbad (and, lucky for ...