Gershwin Medley (First version)

~ Recording by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9Gershwin Medley4:50Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersHard BopArt Blakey & The Jazz MessengersAlbum
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MCD-1005
1.11Gershwin Medley (First version)4:51Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersTough! / Hard BopArt Blakey & The Jazz MessengersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-04-24
  • US2012-05-14
Solar Records (jazz reissues)
2.9Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody In Blue/Summertime/Someone To Watch Over Me/The Man I Love4:51The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey – The Complete Columbia and RCA Albums CollectionArt BlakeyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-10-30
Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)88725435992
1.9Gershwin Medley4:50Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersHard Bop (Expanded Edition)Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersAlbumLegacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

recording engineer:Harold Chapman
producer:Cal Lampley
alto saxophone:Jackie McLean (jazz saxophonist) (from 1956-12-12 until 1956-12-13)
double bass:Spanky DeBrest (from 1956-12-12 until 1956-12-13)
drums (drum set):Art Blakey (from 1956-12-12 until 1956-12-13)
piano:Sam Dockery (from 1956-12-12 until 1956-12-13)
trumpet:Bill Hardman (US jazz trumpeter) (from 1956-12-12 until 1956-12-13)
recorded at:CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-12-12 until 1956-12-13)
recording of:1. Rhapsody in Blue (catch-all for unknown versions and arrangements) (partial, medley)
2. Summertime (catch-all for arrangements) (instrumental, medley)
3. Someone to Watch Over Me (catch-all for unknown arrangement) (instrumental, medley)
4. The Man I Love (partial, instrumental, medley)

Rhapsody in Blue (catch-all for unknown versions and arrangements)

composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
arrangement of:Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)

Someone to Watch Over Me (catch-all for unknown arrangement)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
arrangement of:Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!)

Summertime (catch-all for arrangements)

composer:George Gershwin (composer)
is the basis for:Sufferd zijn
arrangement of:Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)

The Man I Love

lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:New World Company
New World Music Corp.
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
referred to in medleys:Main Title (from the 1977 film “New York, New York”) (order: 4)
later translated versions:Ein Mann für mich (The Man I Love)
Man van mijn hart
Mia zwa
later versions:Signature (“Music by Gershwin” Radio Show)
part of:New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Lady, Be Good (full musical) (order: 7)
is the basis for:7 Virtuoso Études: The Man I Love
Любимый мой
arrangements:The Man I Love (for piano solo, arr Gershwin)
The Man I Love (for solo piano, transcr. by Percy Grainger)
included in:An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)