Fleck describes adapting “Rhapsody in Blue” as a musical Everest. “On a piano, you have 10 fingers and 81 keys. On a banjo, I can only strike three notes at a time,” Fleck said.

The last pianist to play "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Akron Symphony Orchestra was Assistant Conductor Levi Hammer in 2012. The first, said Wilkins, according to orchestra records, was Akron's Pat ...

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Sara Davis Buechner was the solo pianist featured for George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Spokane Symphony on Saturday and Sunday. (Courtesy) By Larry Lapidus For The Spokesman-Review ...

In 1924, Gershwin composed “Rhapsody in Blue” after a commission from bandleader Paul Whiteman. Many music critics posit the piece was a portrait of New York City in the Jazz Age.