Gershwin: Take Two

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Release Date: 28th Jul 2014
Catalogue No: ABC4810629
Label: ABC Classics
Length: 69 minutes

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Gershwin: Promenade (Walking the Dog)

Work length3:04

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Preludes for Piano

Work length2:56

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Novelette In Fourths

Track length2:56

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Gershwin: Sweet and Low-Down

Work length2:00

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Do, Do, Do

Work length1:20

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Act 1

Work length1:45

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Jazzbo Brown Blues

Track length1:45

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Gershwin: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Work length5:12

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Simon Tedeschi (piano), James Morrison (trumpet)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Preludes for Piano

Work length3:10

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Simon Tedeschi (piano), James Morrison (trumpet)
Recorded: 2013

Melody No. 17

Track length3:10

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Gershwin: Merry Andrew

Work length1:59

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Show Girl: Liza "All the clouds'll roll away"

Work length2:41

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Three-Quarter Blues

Work length2:11

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Impromptu in two Keys

Work length1:35

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Gershwin Songbook - Transcriptions For Piano

Work length1:14

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

My One And Only

Track length1:14

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Gershwin: I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise

Work length0:47

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Do It Again

Work length2:07

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Clap Yo' Hands

Work length0:56

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Nobody But You

Work length1:16

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Preludes for Piano

Work length1:39

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Rubato

Track length1:39

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Gershwin: Gershwin Songbook - transcriptions for piano

Work length1:33

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

Who Cares? (So Long As You Care For Me)

Track length1:33

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Gershwin: Embraceable You

Work length7:13

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Simon Tedeschi (piano), Sarah McKenzie (vocals)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Work length6:15

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Simon Tedeschi (piano), Sarah McKenzie (vocals)
Recorded: 2013

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Work length18:14

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Simon Tedeschi (piano)
Recorded: 2013

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George Gershwin - Gershwin Take Two - is performed again by Australia’s renowned virtuoso Simon Tedeschi, Gershwin Take Two includes guest appearances from Australian jazz legend James Morrison and one of the rising stars of the international music stage, ARIA Award-winning jazz singer Sarah McKenzie.

Tedeschi captures the Gershwin repertoire perfectly; with passionate, vivacious performances that are bursting with life and romance. Harmonica legend Larry Adler(who performed with Gershwin himself), who Simon performed with extensively internationally including London's Pizza on the Park, said of him: ‘I just wish Gershwin were here – [Simon is] the best exponent of his music I have ever seen.’

The album features classic Gershwin compositions such as Embraceable You, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off, as well as a beautiful solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue, alongside some less familiar but certain-to-become-favourite numbers revealing Gershwin’s extraordinary versatility and creativity, and his unfailing ability to delight.

Says Simon: ‘I wanted this album to be different. I wanted some of my favourite musicians to join me and I also felt that Gershwin had so much else to say in his illustrious career, more than the tunes we all know and love. You may not have heard of some of the pieces you will see on this track listing. They reflect the chameleon that is Gershwin – a synthesis of old country and new, as much Anton Rubinstein as Tin Pan Alley.

‘With James Morrison, we achieved a brass band sound from the Deep South that ached of nostalgia. With a solo piano take on Rhapsody in Blue, I allowed myself to explore Gershwin the master of musical textures. Working with a singer such as Sarah McKenzie is a lesson for any pianist in breathing and space. But most of all, producer Virginia Read and I just had fun! And we hope you will too.’

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