- Description
This second volume of Gershwin’s piano rolls draws from ragtime, early jazz, the blues, and Tin Pan Alley for a vivid sound portrait of the years between 1916 and 1920. As a teenage song-plugger, Gershwin made his name interpreting these lively tunes; over 130 of his performances were made into piano rolls, now restored and made available digitally for the first time on this recording.
This second volume of Gershwin’s piano rolls draws from ragtime, early jazz, the blues, and Tin Pan Alley for a vivid sound portrait of the years between 1916 and 1920. As a teenage song-plugger, Gershwin made his name interpreting these lively tunes; over 130 of his performances were made into piano rolls, now restored and made available digitally for the first time on this recording.