Credits:

Oscar Peterson,Barney Kessel,Ray Brown,Ella Fitzgerald,Louis Armstrong,Blossom Dearie,Billie Holiday,Ben Webster,Nina Simone,Dinah Washington,Bing Crosby,Helen Merrill,Clifford Brown,Stefano Bollani,Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,Marcus Roberts Trio,Seiji Ozawa,James Levine,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Renee Fleming,The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Description:

The 120th anniversary of Gershwin's birth! DISC 1 features Gershwin's jazz and classical masterpieces, including jazz standards by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Bourne, and many more. DISC 2 is a collection of classical works including "Rhapsody in Blue," performed by world-famous artists such as Seiji Ozawa and Riccardo Chailly. Rhapsody in Blue" is performed by the world's oldest orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, led by Italian jazz pianist Stefano Borrani and renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly. The recording is a perfect match for Gershwin's works, which fuse jazz and classical music. An original Japanese project.

Tracklisting:

1 STRIKE UP THE BAND! / Oscar Peterson
2 SUMMERTIME / Louis Armstrong
3 THE MAN I LOVE / Sarah Vaughan
4 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME / Blossom Dearie
5 OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY / Shirley Horn
6 THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME / Billie Holiday
7 IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO / Peggy Lee
8 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON / Sarah Vaughan
9 OH. LADY BE GOOD / Ella Fitzgerald
10 A FOGGY DAY / Sarah Vaughan
11 I LOVES YOU PORGY / Nina Simone
12 WHO CARES? / Anita O'Day
13 I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU / Dinah Washington
14 THEY ALL LAUGHED / Bing Crosby
15 EMBRACEABLE YOU / Ella Fitzgerald
16 'S WONDERFUL / Helen Merrill
17 I GOT RHYTHM / Ella Fitzgerald
18 FASCINATING RHYTHM / Mark Murphy
1 RHAPSODY IN BLUE / Riccardo Chailly
2 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS / OZAWA SEIJI
3 CONCERTO IN F - 3. ALLEGRO AGITATO / OZAWA SEIJI
4 CUBAN OVERTURE / James Levine
5 3 PRELUDES - 1. ALLEGRO BEN RITMATO E DECISO / Peter Jablonski
6 RIALTO RIPPLES (RAG) / Riccardo Chailly
7 OVERTURE 'FUNNY FACE' / Arthur Fiedler
8 GIRL CRAZY - SUITE / Arthur Fiedler
9 SUMMERTIME / James Levine