| 1. Intro |
| 2. Step Out |
| 3. I Told Ya |
| 4. Ultimatum |
| 5. Spit Something |
| 6. Thieveland 2 Da Heights |
| 7. G.E.T.U.P. |
| 8. Do Yo Thing |
| 9. Interlude |
| 10. Bring It On |
| 11. On A Creep |
| 12. Code On The Streets |
Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The hottest underground album out of Cleveland in a long time.Contains 12 songs full of nothing but the rawest tracks as well as lyrics.
do yo thing,NICK MEZE
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Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001Z2RSC Release Date: 2004-08-24 |
Tracks:
- Swanee
- Come To the Moon
- I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
- Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
- Nobody But You
- Limehouse Nights
- Drifting Along With The Tide
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Oh Lady Be Good!
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Hang On To Me
- I'd Rather Charleston
- The Man I Love
- The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
- So Am I
- Kickin' The Clouds Away
- Concerto In F
Tracks:
- Sweet And Low-Down (I)
- That Certain Feeling (I)
- Looking For A Boy
- When Do We Dance?
- Sweet And Low-Down (II)
- That Certain Feeling (II)
- Irish Waltz
- Do, Do, Do
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Clap Yo' Hands
- Maybe
- Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
- Meadow Serenade
- My One And Only
- 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
- He Loves And She Loves
- An American In Paris
- Liza
- Strike Up The Band
- Embraceable You
- I Got Rhythm (I)
- I Got Rhythm (II)
Tracks:
- Of Thee I Sing
- Jilted
- Second Rhapsody
- For You, For Me, For Evermore
- Cuban Overture
- Isn't It A Pity?
- Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
- I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
- II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
- III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
- IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
- V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
Tracks:
- Girl Crazy Overture
- French Ballet Class
- Dance Of The Waves
- Slap That Bass
- Walking The Dog
- I've Got Beginner's Luck
- They All Laughed
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Shall We Dance
- By Strauss
- I Can't Be Bothered Now
- The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
- Put Me To The Test
- The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
- Stiff Upper Lip
- A Foggy day (In London Town)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Things Are Looking Up
- I Was Doing All Right
- Love Walked In
Customer Reviews:
Excellent performer.......2007-03-09
I'm fascinating.
A unique project.......2006-11-23
Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.
Definative.......2005-07-23
Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
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Plays George Gershwin
Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000000WW1 Release Date: 1994-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Hang On To Me
- Fascinatin' Rhythm
- The Half Of It Dearie Blues
- I'd Rather Charleston
- Sweet And Low Down
- That Certain Feeling
- Looking For A Boy
- Looking For A Boy
- Do-Do-Do
- Do-Do-Do: Someone To Watch Over Me
- Clap Yo' Hands
- Maybe
- My One And Only
- Three Preludes
- 'Rhapsody In Blue': Andante
- S' Wonderful & Funny Face
- Rhapsody In Blue
Tracks:
- An American In Paris
- Porgy And Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
- Porgy And Bess: The Buzzard Song
- Porgy And Bess: Scene: Summertime - Crapgame - A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
- Porgy And Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- Porgy And Bess: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin
- Porgy And Bess: Where Is My Bess?
- Porgy And Bess: Summertime
- Porgy And Bess: My Man's Gone Now
- Porgy And Bess: Concerto In F - Third Movement
- Porgy And Bess: Song Medley With Chorus And Orchestra: I Got Rhythm & Of Thee I Sing
Amazon.com
The first of these two discs gathers all Gershwin's commercially issued discs as a pianist, including the two abridged Rhapsody in Blue traversals, Gershwin accompanying the Astaire siblings, and twelve solo sides. Hearing the composer play his own music is like getting your ears cleaned out from 75 years of interpretive maulings. Gershwin's crisp touch, clear-cut and unsentimental phrasing, and rhythmic verve comes through more convincingly in these flat discs than in his much-vaunted piano rolls. Also included are the composer-supervised first recordings of An American in Paris and selections from Porgy & Bess, along with a flawed yet revelatory aircheck of Gershwin playing the finale of his concerto. No Gershwin lover should be without this important collection. --Jed DistlerCustomer Reviews:
Gershwin plays Gershwin.......2006-01-26
Although one is disappointed with the cuts in the familiar "Rhapsody in Blue," what did make it onto the original disc is quite remarkable. It certainly gives the first clear indication of Gershwin's brilliant piano playing. No one would ever play Gershwin's music with more enthusiasm and ability than the composer himself. The Whiteman orchestra plays Ferde Grofe's original arrangement and gives a clear indication of what the February 1924 premiere must have sounded like, even if the sonics are somewhat limited by the acoustical process. Only three years later Victor reunited the same musicians with Gershwin for an electrical recording, using the same cuts.
Gershwin's numerous piano solos, sometimes including his friends Fred and Adele Astaire (who had introduced some of the Gershwin songs in his musical comedies), are amazing. His virtuoso piano playing astonishes us and, for the most part, the sound on these early electrical recordings is quite good. A single microphone was usually placed close to the grand piano, picking up the best possible sound of that time.
The world premiere recording of "An American in Paris" was made in 1929 for RCA Victor, using a hand-picked orchestra that was conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret, Victor's longtime musical director. Gershwin was on hand, supposedly to supervise the recording of the complete score, but he reportedly "got in the way" and was asked to leave the recording studio. Then it was recognized that there was no one on hand to play the celesta solo, so Gershwin was asked to return and play the brief but impressive passage that adds to the magical moments of this innovative score. Also included were the original Paris taxi horns that Gershwin had brought back with him in 1928 for the first performance.
Alexander Smallens conducted Metropolitan Opera stars Helen Jepson and Lawrence Tibbett and a professional orchestra in excerpts from Gershwin's latest musical triumph, "Porgy and Bess." Although the folk opera had not yet achieved its later great success, many recognized the innovations of this score and RCA Victor asked Gershwin to supervise the recording of some of the important songs from his opera in 1935. While some may question the use of white singers to sing in Negro dialect, particularly when the first performances used a mostly black cast, not even the Metropolitan Opera used black singers until 1955 when Marian Anderson made her long-awaited debut in Verdi's "A Masked Ball."
Finally, there is a tantalizing excerpt from the "Concerto in F" in a special arrangement for Rudy Vallee's radio program on NBC. Gershwin occasionally appeared on radio programs, even hosting his own 15-minute show in the early 1930's, and this is one of the few surviving examples of how Gershwin could dazzle both the studio audience and the millions tuning in on their radios. It is a wonderful moment.
An Essential Gershwin Collection, Despite Variable Sound.......2005-05-14
This 2-disc Pearl CD set, as Amazon editorial reviewer Jed Distler points out, is an essential purchase for anyone who loves Gershwin's music. Pearl adheres to an "as is" philosophy of transferring old 78 rpm records to CD. This results in very immediate sound, but a lot of shellac noise comes along with it. With a little twiddling of your treble knob, these performances are very listenable and thoroughly enjoyable.
To my mind, just about everything here falls into the category of "definitive" performance. The 1924 Rhapsody In Blue has more joy and exhilaration than any other recording made (and Gershwin's piano playing is heard more clearly than in the 1927 electrical re-make, fine as it is). It was recorded just four months after the world premiere at Aeolian Hall in New York City. What an event that must have been! The audience included such luminaries as Rachmaninov, Kreisler & Sousa. When the performance was finished, the audience roared its approval with a standing ovation that lasted 20 MINUTES!
The songs with Fred Astaire and his sister Adele are utterly delightful, and Gershwin's solo piano playing strikes me as a far truer representation of his art than his notoriously unreliable piano rolls available elsewhere. "An American in Paris," conducted by Gershwin's boyhood chum Nathaniel Shilkret, is irresistable (Gershwin even plays the small parts for piano & celesta, and the car horns he brought back from Paris are used here).
The original 1935 "Porgy and Bess" excerpts, conducted by Alexander Smallens, are wonderful. Jepson is excellent, but the real star here is Lawrence Tibbett, to my taste the greatest operatic baritone America has ever produced. His enormous charm is complemented by fabulous diction - he's one of the very few "classical" singers whose every word is clearly understandable.
Gershwin never recorded a complete Concerto in F. For the best-ever version of that, you have to buy the Roy Bargas/Bix Beiderbecke/Paul Whiteman account on a Pearl CD called "Gershwin and Grofe," which also has the first-ever recordings of Grofe's Grand Canyon & Mississippi Suites (a lot of fun!). But here we get to hear the ONLY CD account of Gershwin himself playing just the 2nd mvt. from a 1933 Rudy Valle Show radio broadcast. It's fascinating and frustrating at the same time: a tantalizing fragment of what must have been a glorious interpretation.
The Concerto in F excerpt is UNIQUE to this CD - which makes it a MANDATORY purchase for Gershwin lovers. The Rhapsody (both versions), American in Paris, and the Porgy selections are also on Sony's "Historic Gershwin Recordings" in somewhat smoother transfers. The aforementioned Whiteman-conducted Concerto in F is also on a Sony CD called "From Gershwin's Time" (sadly, it's out of print - see my review).
CDs seem to have an alarmingly short shelf life these days, so grab this wonderful set while it's still available.
Very Highly Recommended.
The first disc especially is fantastic.......2001-04-03
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George Feyer Plays George Gershwin
Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000023DQ Release Date: 1993-05-12 |
Tracks:
- Someone To Watch Over Me - Love Walked In
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Somebody Loves Me - Soon
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Love Is Here To Stay - Mine - That Certain Feeling - Liza, All The Clouds'll Roll Away
- An American In Paris (Excerpts)
- I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - How Long Has This Been Going On - Bidin' My Time
- I Got Rhythm - Clap Yo' Hands - I've Got A Crush On You - Lady Be Good
- The Man I Love
- Summertime - It Ain't Necassarily So - Bess, You Is My Woman Now, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
- They Can't Take That Away From Me - He Loves And She Loves - Of Thee I Sing - Strike Up THe Band
- Prelude No. 2
- Who Cares - Swanee - Love Is Sweeping The Country
- Embraceable You - But Not For Me
- Do-Do-Do - Funny Face - Maybe - 'S Wonderful
- A Foggy Day - Concerto In F (themes)
- Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpts)
Customer Reviews:
Feyer's CD is a must have.......2007-01-28
In the latter 70s, the Stanhope weekends were a joy, buttressed by Feyer's music. He held court and the audience was captivated. He was an excellent pianist with excellent trills in the high octaves, and nice contrast with the lower ones. The Gershwin CD the piece "I Got Rhythm" reminds one of small flames jumping lightly on a log. So light, so elegant, so much in rhythm. I would take my "A" dates to the Stanhope, including my future wife of 20 plus years. After the Met Opera or ballet, I would take my dates to the Stanhope. Usually two Kier Royals, supper, wine, and dessert would accompany George's fine music. Such a rich repertory and bottomless request well that he knew with top piano skill!
Missing on the CD was his singing and funny remarks. I recall him playing `Thank Heavens For Little Girls"... they are so helpless, and then he would pick some women from the audience and repeat the word " helpless' and the everyone would laugh. My dates were the younger women in the Stanhope back then and he tended to look at my dates.....and made them feel like a princess
The Stanhope was a bit expensive but a classy place. With George, it was worth every penny. I think Gunnar ( spelling?) was the head waiter. They knew you and you did not have to ask for a certain drink as they knew your need before your request. Unlike today, waiters are more of errand boys to the kitchens. George also knew your favorites in songs.
One thing that is not obvious, despite my Ivy MBA and a good undergraduate degree, one does not learn in early years the basic American songs of Porter, Gershwin, etc. Some of my dates knew many of the words to these songs from their social events. Hence for me it was a pleasant discovery and made me grateful to the mastery of George. It opened one's appreciation to the very rich music heritage of America.
The CD in ADD format was very clear; no his; and, the accompanying musicians were well heard in CD. Enjoy this CD!
One More Time.......2002-03-08
George Feyer Plays George Gershwin.......2001-04-21
George Feyer Plays George Gershwin.......2000-12-26
This is the happiest music making imaginable........1999-10-24
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Summertime
Manufacturer: Avid Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00002MRH5 Release Date: 1998-12-15 |
Tracks:
- Goldwyn Follies/Love Walked In
- Goldwyn Follies/I Was Doing All Right
- Goldwyn Follies/Love Is Here to Stay
- Goldwyn Follies/Dawn of a New Day
- Shocking Miss Pilgrim/Changing My Tune
- Shocking Miss Pilgrim/Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?
- Shocking Miss Pilgrim/For You, For Me, For Evermore
- Porgy and Bess/Summertime
- Porgy and Bess/Summertime & Crap Game/A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
- Porgy and Bess/My Man's Gone Now
- Porgy and Bess/It Takes a Long Pull to Get There
- Porgy and Bess/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
- Porgy and Bess/The Buzzard Song
- Porgy and Bess/Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- Porgy and Bess/It Ain't Necessarily So
- Porgy and Bess/Where Is My Bess?
- Tip-Toes/Looking for a Boy
- Tip-Toes/When Do We Dance?
- Tip-Toes/That Certain Feeling
- Tip-Toes/Sweet and Low Down
- Oh, Kay!/Maybe
- Oh, Kay!/Clap Yo' Hands
- Oh, Kay!/Do, Do, Do
- Oh, Kay!/Someone to Watch Over Me
- Funy Face/'s Wonderful/Funny Face
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The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-3
Manufacturer: White Line ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000I85Q Release Date: 1995-10-17 |
Tracks:
- Swanee
- Come To The Moon
- I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
- Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo
- Nobody But You
- Limehouse Night
- Drifting Alone With The Tide
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Oh Lady Be Good!
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Hang On To Me
- I'd Rather Charleston
- The Man I Love
- The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
- So Am I
- Kickin' The Clouds Away
- Con in F
Tracks:
- Tip-Toes: Sweet And Low-Down (I)
- Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (I)
- Tip-Toes: Looking For A Boy (I)
- Tip-Toes: When Do We Dance? (II)
- Tip-Toes: Sweet Low-Down (II)
- Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (II)
- Irish Waltz (Three-Quarter Blues)
- Oh, Kay!: Do,Do,Do
- Oh, Kay!: Someone To Watch Over Me
- Oh, Kay!: Clap Yo' Hands
- Oh, Kay!: Maybe
- Three Prlds: No. 1, Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso/No. 2, Andante Con Moto/No. 3, Allegro Ben Ritmato
- Strike Up The Band: Meadow Serenade
- Funny Face: My One And Only
- Funny Face: 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
- Funny Face: He Loves And She Loves
- An American In Paris
- Show Girl: Liza
- Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band
- Crazy Girl: Embraceable You
- Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (I)
- Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (II)
Tracks:
- Of Thee I Sing Ov
- Jilted
- Second Rhapsody
- For You, For Me, For Evermore
- Cuban Ov
- Isn't It A Pity?
- Vars On 'I Got Rhythm'
- Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): I. Catfish Row: Intro-Jasbo Brown (Complete)...
- Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): II. 'I Got Plenty O' Nuthin''...
- Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene I
- Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): IV. Hurricane: Intro, Act II Scene 3...
- Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): V. Good Morning, Brother...
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
Customer Reviews:
'Swonderful and Fascinatin'.......2001-09-24
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do yo thing
NICK MEZE ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004TEUN Release Date: 2000-04-11 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Step Out
- I Told Ya
- Ultimatum
- Spit Something
- Thieveland 2 Da Heights
- G.E.T.U.P.
- Do Yo Thing
- Interlude
- Bring It On
- On A Creep
- Code On The Streets
Album Description
The hottest underground album out of Cleveland in a long time.Contains 12 songs full of nothing but the rawest tracks as well as lyrics.Customer Reviews:
Hot!.......2004-12-27
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