The Charleston Jazz Orchestra knocked the roof off the Charleston Music Hall last week as pianist Tommy Gill‘s reconceptualization of George Gershwin‘s “Rhapsody in Blue” received its world premiere, taking the en- tire second half of the concert.
Conductor Charlton Singleton knew of Gill’s fondness for this opus and that in 2002 he had performed and arranged a trio version.
To expand the piece for 27 musicians, Gill, who teaches at the College of Charleston, started the work in January, hardly taking a respite.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/may/30/new-satin-dolls-quartet-to-perform/
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