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The music of George Gershwin for solo piano along with music by composers who influenced him and who were influenced by him

"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

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