The rhythms of American popular music are more or less brittle; they should be made to snap, and at times to crackle. The more sharply the music is played, the more effective it sounds.


George Gershwin's Songbook (1932), introduction


The rhythms of American popular music are more or less brittle; they should be made to snap, and at times to crackle. The more sharply the music is...

The rhythms of American popular music are more or less brittle; they should be made to snap, and at times to crackle. The more sharply the music is...

The rhythms of American popular music are more or less brittle; they should be made to snap, and at times to crackle. The more sharply the music is...

The rhythms of American popular music are more or less brittle; they should be made to snap, and at times to crackle. The more sharply the music is...