At 07:41 AM 3/9/05 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: >Just FYI -- in case you've never heard the original version, with the >Paul Whiteman band and Gershwin at the Piano, you can listen to it >here: >http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Whiteman/rhapblua.ram >There is also a version recorded in 1927 using electrical recording >equipment, with much improved sound quality ("much improved" being a >relative term, of course -- we're still talking about 1927, after all): >http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Whiteman/rhapsody.ram
I have an LP re-release of one or the other of these -- I think the first. I was thrilled by how much life and edge it had compared to the sappy readings we usually get, especially the big, foofy orchestral ones. >Okay, as you were. Keep 'em coming! Seconded. So far I haven't hit the keyboard in time to slide one in! Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
