CoRkErS HoMaGe To SoNiA DeLaUnAy - RhApSoDy iN bLuE

CoRkErS HoMaGe To DeLaUnAy -RhApSoDy iN bLuE ArTkNiT 

The RhApSoDy iN bLuE CoRkErS HoMaGe To SoNiA DeLaUnAy ArTkNiT evokes for me the early years of the JAZZ AGE with its knitted horizontal bars of blue tones, neutral spaces and red high notes.
Gerschwin's  1924 composition Rhapsody in Blue was scored for a solo piano and Jazz band. It mixed classical music with Jazz effects.  I can easily imagine Josephine Baker dancing in my >RhApSoDy iN bLuE< ArTkNiT to any number of Gherschwin's Jazz rhaps in between performances at the Theatre des Champs Elysees. Josephine an American born French dancer came to success at the same time as the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris where the term ARTDECO became linguistic currency.
 Gerschwin's Rhapsody in Blue almost didn't happen as he thought he would not have enough time to make revisions before the performance date. However on hearing that Vincent Lopez was conniving to steal his idea for an experimental Jazz Concert he became determined to finish it. Thank goodness also for Vincent Lopez who unwittingly gave our hero Gerschwin the fire he needed to complete his masterpiece for all to admire, enjoy and be inspired.

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CoRkErS HoMaGe to SoNiA Delaunay -RhApSoDy iN bLuE