PORTRAITS IN BLUE
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and Variations on “I Got Rhythm”; James P. Johnson: Yamekraw
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July/August 1996
Volume47Issue4
Sony Classical SS/ST/M 68488 (CD); $17.98 . CODE: BAT-57
PORTRAITS IN BLUE
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and Variations on “I Got Rhythm”; James P. Johnson: Yamekraw
Sony Classical SS/ST/M 68488 (CD); $17.98 . CODE: BAT-57
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