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Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and written by George Gershwin, the work premiered in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music" on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York City.
The Ebony Concerto is scored for solo clarinet in B ♭ and a jazz band consisting of two alto saxophones in E ♭, two tenor saxophones in B ♭, baritone saxophone in E ♭, three clarinets in B ♭ (doubled by first and second alto and first tenor saxophone players), bass clarinet in B ♭ (doubled by second tenor saxophone), horn in F, five trumpets in B ♭, three trombones, piano, harp ...
Eleanor Firke. . (m. 1942) . Leroy Anderson (/ ləˈrɔɪ / lə-ROY) (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
Monument devoted to Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto in the city of Aranjuez. The Concierto de Aranjuez ([konˈθjeɾ.to ðe a.ɾaŋˈxweθ], "Aranjuez Concerto") is a concerto for classical guitar by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is by far Rodrigo's best-known work, and its success established his reputation as one of ...
He became an enthusiastic advocate of this style and wrote many works according to its principles, among them Transformation (1957, for jazz ensemble), [8] Concertino (1959, for jazz quartet and orchestra), [9] Abstraction (1959, for nine instruments), [10] and Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (1960, for 13 instruments) utilizing Eric ...
Steve's morning jazz session was absolutely paw-fect. "THIS CAT’S COOKIN,'" one person wrote. "Steve is livin his best, bounciest, jazziest life," someone else praised.
Sketches of Spain is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. It was released on 18 July 1960 through Columbia Records. The recording took place between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended version of the second movement of Joaquín Rodrigo 's Concierto de Aranjuez ...
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff[a][b] (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.