Sublime Gershwin

George Gershwin, a quintessential New Yorker, was an optimistic young man in early 20th century America, keenly aware of the potential of its great culture. In his concert pieces, he was not trying to write jazz music. In the same tradition as Chopin or Bartok, he was writing a mix of European classical music, immigrant folk melodies, blues, and the rhythmic sophistication of African Americans