Review | OCM Unable to Swing for Stellar Jazz Soloists
On Feb. 25, Orchestre Classique de Montréal (OCM) presented Jazz & Jeans in Montreal’s Pierre Mercure Hall. A program of great symphonic jazz repertoire—from Gershwin…
Browsing: Rhapsody in Blue
Review | Marc-André Hamelin & OSM Swing in The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was an age of dramatic social and economic change, fabulous fashion, and of course, great music. A century onwards, Orchestre symphonique de…
Review | Rhapsody in Blue‘s 100th: Romance and American Jazz with Jean-Philippe Sylvestre
George Gershwin was born on September 26, 1898; it was only fitting that his most beloved piece Rhapsody in Blue, written 100 years ago, would…
This Day in Music – 1937: Death of George Gershwin
Gershwin, one of the main catalysts for jazz to become America’s music, was a composer and pianist who bridged popular and classical modes. His prolific…
