Friday, July 11, 2008

George Gershwin died today – 71 years ago

Composer (of Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris) George Gershwin was born as Jacob Gershowitz on September 26, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York. He said, “Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise." [So let’s get the freedom to be jazz-y.]... Mr. Gershwin died from brain cancer on July 11, 1937 in Hollywood, California.



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