Synopses & Reviews
This still unrivaled biography portrays with precision and insight the tragically brief lifefrom the Brooklyn tenements to Broadway, Hollywood, and Carnegie Hallof George Gershwin (18981937), a man whose music (Lady Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess) and careerlike F. Scott Fitzgerald'sembodied the glamorous success and lost possibilities of the Jazz Age.
Synopsis
Enriched with excerpts and insights from personal correspondence and interviews--plus lively anecdotes and rare, never-before-published photographs--this fascinating portrait brings us closer to the real persona of George Gershwin than ever before. 81 black-and-white photographs.
Synopsis
"This still unrivaled biography portrays with precision and insight the tragically brief lifefrom the Brooklyn tenements to Broadway, Hollywood, and Carnegie Hallof George Gershwin (18981937), a man"
About the Author
Edward Jablonski is the author of The Gershwin Years: George and Ira (with Lawrence D. Stewartavailable from Da Capo/ Perseus Books Group), Arlen: Happy with the Blues, Alan Jay Lerner, and many others. He lives in New York City.