On February 12, 1924, George Gershwin's groundbreaking symphonic jazz composition Rhapsody in Blue premieres with Gershwin himself playing the piano with Paul Whiteman's orchestra.
Quote Of The Day
"Life is a lot like jazz; it's best when you improvise." George Gershwin
Image Of The Day
George Gershwin in his New York apartment with his first oil painting. By Associated Press photograph - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3c19485. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org