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George Gershwin with brother Ira and Fred Astair on the Hollywood set of the musical Shall We Dance , 1937.

"He has such a flourish about him, doesn't he?" That's Marin Alsop , speaking about Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the French pianist with the scintillant technique, refined musicality and really great clothes.

The title was right on target. And doubtless it was the jazz-tinged musical menu of Auckland Chamber Orchestra's ACO in Blue concert that drew a larger-than-usual audience to the concert chamber.

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With Bob Christiansen 11:06 Josef Myslivecek: Symphony 11:17 Ferdinand Ries: Quintet 11:35 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: String Symphony 11:46 Lorenzo Palomo: Cienfuegos Concerto: Song to the Night Also Playing Now: Written By: David Roden on August 13th, 2009 George Gershwin in the 1920s In 1920s America, Paul Whiteman was a bandleader and the ...

Music evolves gradually, but usually the evolution is evident only in hindsight.

While Wald never says in so many words that the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll, he does take a stance several degrees removed from standard-issue Beatles worship.

CARL WILSON H By Elijah Wald Oxford University Press, 323 pages, $24.95US When Elvis Presley made his first appearance on Milton Berle's then-must-see-TV variety show in April, 1956, the other guests were Harry James and Buddy Rich, two big-band musicians.

Elijah Wald is a sharp, fair critic eager to right the record on popular music and the idolatry that often shields it from clear analysis.

On June 23rd, 1959, Leonard Bernstein and the Columbia Symphony took their places at the St.

Elijah Wald wrote this book called "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of Popular Music." Think anybody's going to take umbrage at that title? We talked to Wald, 50, for the Boston Herald Sunday June 28 www.bostonherald.com and here we offer some of the bits that didn't make the print and on-line versions.