- Audio CD (April 22 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: White Line
- ASIN: B0000030YA
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #236,759 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Swanee |
| 2. Come To The Moon |
| 3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful) |
| 4. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo |
| 5. Nobody But You |
| 6. Limehouse Night |
| 7. Drifting Alone With The Tide |
| 8. Rhapsody In Blue |
| 9. Oh Lady Be Good! |
| 10. Fascinating Rhythm |
| 11. Hang On To Me |
| 12. I'd Rather Charleston |
| 13. The Man I Love |
| 14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues |
| 15. So Am I |
| 16. Kickin' The Clouds Away |
| 17. Con in F |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Real Find!,
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This review is from: V1 Authentic Gershwin 1918-25 (Audio CD)
This CD was released in about 1992 but somehow I'd never run across it. I was interested because Jack Gibbons is a pianist I very much admire, primarily for his superb 2CD recording of the minor key études of Alkan, the kind of music that makes even piano virtuosos have nightmares because of their difficulty. One thing I noted in Gibbons's Alkan release was his loose and easy sense of rhythm. So, thought I, maybe he can do Gershwin the way he was meant to be played. And sure enough, he can and does.These are mostly recreations from the piano roll elaborations that Gershwin recorded himself. Unfortunately the technology at the time Gershwin made them was fairly primitive and it created a kind of rhythmic strait-jacket for his playing. So what Gibbons has done is play the same notes Gershwin played, but subtly free the rhythms so that they sound spontaneous. And do they! The CD includes a solo piano version of 'Rhapsody in Blue' based on Gershwin's own two-piano arrangement. Also recorded is the slow movement from the 'Concerto in F.' Both are done beautifully. There is a dynamite performance of 'I'd Rather Charleston,' a tune hardly remembered today. And then there's Gershwin's own patented version (here perfectly mimicked) of 'Fascinating Rhythm.' And on and on. This is 67 minutes of sheer joy! Scott Morrison
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Ambitious Interpretation of Gershwin's Pianism,
This review is from: V1 Authentic Gershwin 1918-25 (Audio CD)
Jack Gibbons does a remarkable job in performing his transcriptions of Gershwin's works -- TOO remarkable that is. Each track easily displays Gibbons' technical gifts as a pianist but this is the rare case where it actually works against him. Listen to the original recordings of Gershwin himself playing these works of his and you'll see how EASILY the music flows whereas Gibbons' performance projects that "hard-work" atmosphere; you can hear Gibbons concentrating more on playing everything exactly "right" instead of having plain, flat-out fun. This is not surprising considering Gershwin's pianistic style was shaped by the free-wheeling, Harlem stride-piano masters whereas Gibbons was no doubt a classically-trained pianist where typically each and every single note must be played with proper dynamics and tempo (Gershwin didn't vary his dynamics nor tempo as often as many believe). Still, Jack Gibbons' "The Authentic George Gershwin" series is hands-down the best window into the artistry of George Gershwin's piano playing style. High praise should be given to Gibbons for not "watering-down" Gershwin's piano pieces (like so many have before) and making a recording for anyone who admires Gershwin as a composer as well as a magnificent pianist.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Authentic is a misused word, but this time it really applies,
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This review is from: V1 Authentic Gershwin 1918-25 (Audio CD)
I have a huge Gershwin collection accumulated over 40 years and know all this music cold. But I've never heard it played better. I think George himself would smile to hear Gibbons. Unlike the perfect--and bloodless--Gershwin renditions of Michael Feinstein, this one truly captures the spirit of the music. It takes the old Gershwin piano roll renditions with their mechanical rhythm and gives them life. Here, you'll hear hundreds of small variations and Gershwinesque riffs you've never heard before, even if you know this music as well as I do.
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