Episode 7: George & Ira Gershwin

“I Got Rhythm”, “Summertime”, “The Man I Love”. These are the songs you have been singing your whole life, and now is your chance to learn about who wrote them! In this week’s episode, the men you love are at the forefront: George and Ira Gershwin, brothers who sometimes seemed to write their hits with four hands and one brain. George’s gift for melody and Ira’s ability to seamlessly blend lyrical sophistication with the American vernacular made for a plethora of immortal songs that both reflected and shaped the dynamic forces of American modernism during the Jazz Age. Hear directly from Michael Feinstein, Norm Lewis, and more, as they guide you through the astounding lives of these two geniuses, cut from the same cloth. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Episode 7: George & Ira Gershwin is an episode from Setting The Standard: Stories From The Great American Songbook by Laura Willoughby.

This episode is 00:57:20 long.

This episode was published on Dec 6, 2022.

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