Larry McDonough: George & Ira Gershwin at Aster Cafe
DOORS @ 7:00pm
SHOW 8:00pm -10:00pm
$15 Cover in Advance and Day Of Show
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He died on July 11, 1937 at age 38 from brain cancer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. After George's early death in 1937, he created additional hit songs with composers Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. Ira died on August 17, 1983 at age 86.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gershwin
Larry McDonough is an award-winning St. Paul jazz composer, pianist, singer, and teacher, performing around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos and trios. He has performed with legendary saxophonist and composer Benny Golson, Trombonist Fred Wesley, and trumpeters Lew Soloff and Duane Eubanks, as well as a who’s who of local jazz artists, and was inducted into the Minnesota Rock Country Hall of Fame for his work in the group Danny’s Reasons. His awards include the American Composers Forum Showcase Award for the composition “Strait of Gibraltar.
Date
Jul 16 8:00 PM –10:00 PM
Event Location
Aster Cafe
Address
125 SE Main St. , Minnesota
Admission
$15
Larry McDonough: George & Ira Gershwin at Aster Cafe125 SE Main St.
Minnesota
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Aster Café
125 Main Street SE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414