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George Gershwin
Plays Gershwin - The Piano Rolls
Compil. DE 1993 on Elektra Nonesuch label
Jazz
Reconstruction of George Gershwin's own piano playing, using piano rolls that he arranged himself between 1916 and 1933. Produced and engineered between November 1992 and June 1993 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City. Original piano rolls courtesy of Keystone Music Roll Company. CD booklet notes contain biographical data about Gershwin as well as information about the reconstruction process. Arrangement of track 12 is originally credited to "Milne and Leith", which is in reality only one person. The complexity of the arrangement would have required a four-handed piano performance, which Milne faked by also giving credits to his own pseudonym "Leith". Brief summary of the reconstruction process: Some piano rolls were played back by a 1911 Pianola vorsetzer (operated by Wodehouse), which in turn operated a 9-foot Yamaha Disklavier grand piano. Other rolls were converted to MIDI files (by Tonnesen and Brandle), which could be fed directly to the Disklavier. The Disklavier's performance is what is recorded on this release. On disk: Made in Germany (P) Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications, Inc. WE 810
Musicians
 | George Gershwin p, key, 1898-1937 US songwriter, arranged by, piano rolls, album by |
 | Artis Wodehouse p, US other, booklet notes by, performer, pianola operated by |
 | Richard Brandle technician, player piano simulation programmed by |
| Richard Tonnesen technician, rolls converted by |
 | Ira Gershwin voc, 1896-1983 US songwriter |
 | Irving Caesar , *1972 US songwriter |
 | Murray Roth , songwriter |
 | Buddy G. De Sylva , 1895-1950 US songwriter |
 | Arthur Jackson , US songwriter |
 | Frank Milne tr, GB arranged by, piano roll |
Producers
| Max Wilcox producer, engineer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweet And Lowdown | George Gershwin | 3:30 | |
| 2 | Novelette In Fourths | George Gershwin | 2:24 | |
| 3 | That Certain Feeling | George Gershwin | 2:45 | |
| 4 | So Am I | George Gershwin | 4:14 | |
| 5 | Rhapsody In Blue | George Gershwin | 14:22 | |
| 6 | Swanee | George Gershwin | 2:17 | |
| 7 | When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em | George Gershwin | 1:57 | |
| 8 | Kickin' The Clouds Away | George Gershwin | 3:20 | |
| 9 | Idle Dreams | George Gershwin | 2:59 | |
| 10 | On My Mind The Whole Night Long | George Gershwin | 2:30 | |
| 11 | Scandal Walk | George Gershwin | 3:15 | |
| 12 | An American In Paris | George Gershwin | 16:35 |
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