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Bill Charlap: Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul

by Eric J. Iannelli
June 26, 2005

Pianist Bill Charlap limited himself to Leonard Bernstein-penned tunes for his previous album, Somewhere (Blue Note, 2004). For the followup (or -on, one might say) he has chosen to concentrate exclusively on another giant of American music, George Gershwin, with undoubtedly fine results. The group shrinks and swells, depending on the treatment Charlap aims to give ...