Gershwin and Friends
"Gershwin and Friends"
JOHN FERGUSON, PIANIST
Excerpts from "The Songbook" Original arrangements for piano
solo by the Composer
Stairway to Paradise
Lady Be Good
Sweet 'n Low Down
The Man I Love
Strike Up the Band
Ragtime and Tin Pan Alley Era Compositions
Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
Dizzy Fingers Zez Confrey
Kitten on the Keys Zez Confrey
Tricky Fingers Eubie Blake
Rhapsody in Ragtime Eubie Blake
Miscellaneous Works
Rialto Ripples (1917)
Promenade from "Shall We Dance"
Jassbo Brown Blues from "Porgy and Bess"
Transcriptions of Gershwin's Improvisations from Player Piano Rolls
Someone to Watch Over Me
My One and Only
Intermission
Contemporary American Composers Influenced by Gershwin
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1979) Frederic Rzweski
From Four North American Ballads
The VCR vs. Cable Television (1988) Dan Welcher
The Serpent's Kiss (1969) William Bolcom
Ragtime telling of the story of Adam and Eve
Excerpts from "The Songbook"
'S Wonderful
Liza
I Got Rhythm