Paul Whiteman Orchestra - The Birth Of The Blues (1926)

[baghend]

Whiteman was always ahead of his time while representing the best of the time musically. brilliant often daring arrangements-though not to everyones taste of course. And the start of many a musical career -Crosby et al.

And the world will be forever in gratitude to him for commissioning that genius George Gershwin to produce his masterpiece Rhapsody In Blue, which I think is arguably the most brilliant musical composition to come out of the Western Hemisphere in the 20th century- or any other

[aanhang]

Wow

[heinbanjo12]

Hear Hear the musical quotations.