At #4 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is George Gershwin with his wonderful An American in Paris. George Gershwin composed Tin Pan Alley musicals in the early teens and
At #4 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is George Gershwin with his wonderful An American in Paris. George Gershwin composed Tin Pan Alley musicals in the early teens and
On Sunday, June 26, 1994, I was working as a sales associate at the Men’s Wearhouse in Woodside, California. On Sundays at work, Chris, one of the salesmen, would put
1959 was a magnificent year for music, particularly jazz. I’ve noted a few of these compositions here to this point. Miles Davis with his album Kind of Blue and his
George Gershwin comes in at #13 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical with his classical/jazz hybrid, Rhapsody in Blue. I know this piece has been overplayed, some say overhyped, known
I’m giving an honorable mention to Antonio Carlos Jobim in my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical for his amazing and inventive song, The Girl From Ipanema. Jobim was born in Brazil
I need to give Shostakovich an honorable mention for his Suite for Variety Orchestra. Hardly anyone today knows it by that name. This is one of those pieces that got
Coming in at #15 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is John Coltrane, the amazing saxophonist, with his rendition of My Favorite Things, composed originally by Richard Rodgers for My
When I revise this Top 50, this piece by Paul Desmond, and played by the Dave Brubeck Band will be added in the Top 50, because it is just so
The separation of lines in music are supposedly drawn bright and clear since the 20th century. Classical music follows this line with these “rules.” Film scores follow with these “rules.”
A nice short jazz piece for soprano saxophone with a piano and upright bass. Hope y’all enjoy it.