Embraceable You - Jazz Piano - Easy listening

"Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy. where it was performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire. Billie Holiday's 1944 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005.


I accidentally just recorded only the piano first. If you wont, you can download the piano-intro midifile, just go here:
http://www.divshare.com/download/8419199-1cd


You can also visit my other new channel:
http://www.youtube.com/JustPianoforte
There I just start to make some tutorials for Jazz musicians beginners, and more :-)


About the composer:
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose early death brought to a premature halt one of the most remarkable careers in American music. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public.
Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs.

Early life
Gershwin was named Jacob Gershowitz at birth in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898. His parents were Russian Jews. His father, Morris (Moishe) Gershowitz, changed his family name to 'Gershvin' sometime after immigrating to the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia in the early 1890s. Gershwin's mother Rosa Bruskin had already immigrated from Russia. She met Gershowitz in New York and they married on July 21, 1895.[1] (George changed the spelling of the family name to 'Gershwin' after he became a professional musician; other members of his family followed suit.)
George Gershwin was the second of four children.[2] He first displayed interest in music at the age of ten, when he was intrigued by what he heard at his friend Maxie Rosenzweig's violin recital.[3] The sound and the way his friend played captured him. His parents had bought a piano for lessons for his older brother Ira, but to his parents' surprise and Ira's relief, it was George who played it.[4] Although his younger sister Frances Gershwin was the first in the family to make money from her musical talents, she married young and devoted herself to being a mother and housewife. She gave up her performing career, but settled into painting for another creative outlet — painting was also a hobby of George Gershwin.
Gershwin tried various piano teachers for two years, and then was introduced to Charles Hambitzer by Jack Miller, the pianist in the Beethoven Symphony Orchestra. Until Hambitzer's death in 1918, he acted as Gershwin's mentor. Hambitzer taught Gershwin conventional piano technique, introduced him to music of the European classical tradition, and encouraged him to attend orchestra concerts.[5] (At home following such concerts, young Gershwin would attempt to reproduce at the piano the music that he had heard.) Gershwin later studied with classical composer Rubin Goldmark and avant-garde composer-theorist Henry Cowell.

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[taraconaghuschi]

Fantástico toque! Sensibilidade à flor da pele! É como viajar à época de Billie e de Gershwin!

Curiosidade: Como é que você responde em português? És mais um italiano apaixonado pelo Brasil?

[PianistaItaliano]

@taraconaghuschi Muito obrigado, e fazer u Ajuda com ou Google tradutor :-)

[aspiz1]

yo man i gotta know is that you in the secod cause if or if ot tell me what sog or sed me the download of that piece please man...?

[PianistaItaliano]

@aspiz1 I'm sorry but I did not understand your question, what you're looking for?

[aspiz1]

@PianistaItaliano second part of the video you playing or another artist cause it is or is not then please send me that man

[PianistaItaliano]

@aspiz1 the second part is played by Pianistaitaliano. This song will be for download in few days on iTunes (High Audio Quality) Thanks

[Ninaki13th]

what kind of a motherfucker would dislike this magical sound??

I love your playing...

[BocaFriend]

You really know how to embrace us all with your warm and expressive style, Alfonso. Another beauty! Cheers -- wishing you a colorful Autumn!

~Terry

[kellysdaman1]

I am a contemporary RnB music fan but most of their inspiration and styles of chords and melodies are mainly based on Jazz. Maybe Motown was in cohorts with Jazz music at some point, call me dumb but i absolutely find this as brilliant work.

[shartep]

Breathtaking. You are awesome . keep playing and uploading please

[MegaDreamer1960]

THIS IS SIMPLY LOVELY...... MY MIND IS FLYING ELSEWHERE!!!!!!!!!

[MCSL1996]

God.... this is great... i love it

[beverleye]

Just lovely thank you

[ilikerossi]

@PianistaItaliano

Aaha, and who could blame you! haha

Very nice playing though.

[claitontesch]

beautiful tune

[cxj514]

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