‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ Gershwin’s musical melting pot, at 100 : NPR

'Rhapsody in Blue,' Gershwin's musical melting pot, at 100 : NPR

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. PhotoQuest / Contributor/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PhotoQuest / […]

‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ Gershwin’s musical melting pot, at 100 : NPR

'Rhapsody in Blue,' Gershwin's musical melting pot, at 100 : NPR

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. PhotoQuest / Contributor/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PhotoQuest / […]

‘John McEnroe was my reference point’: how we made hit Mozart movie Amadeus | Movies

Elizabeth Berridge, Hulce and Christine Ebersole.

Tom Hulce, played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I’d really wanted the part of Younger Brother in Miloš Forman’s previous film Ragtime and had had a couple of disastrous meetings with him. When I met him for […]

‘Björk said it should sound like the Cantina band!’: the enduring influence of Star Wars’ bizarre jazz group | Music

John Williams with Star Wars character C-3PO in 1980.

Of all the gin joints in all the galaxy, Luke Skywalker walked into Mos Eisley Cantina. A wretched hive of villainy where your pint of blue milk might get spilled by some unfriendly bum-faced alien, […]

Charles Mingus, the great jazz composer, remembered : NPR

Charles Mingus, the great jazz composer, remembered : NPR

Charles Mingus is often regarded as one of the greatest jazz composers of the 20th century. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption toggle caption Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Charles Mingus is often regarded as one of the greatest jazz […]