Every time I hear any bit of A Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin’s magnum opus, I just have to stop and listen. It’s magical. And while I didn’t grow up with it, the segment set to it from the 2000 remake of Fantasia, feels very on target too. So here it is–Gershwin, as rendered by Al Hirschfeld. There was a gala done of his music in 1980 in NJ, for which Hirschfeld drew a cover for the program, with Sarah Vaughn and Thomas Michalak both participating.
