Music Review

Gershwin for Lovers (1994)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performance: Marcus Roberts; Genre: Jazz

Pianist Roberts tackles 10 of Gershwin's most familiar tunes-about half rendered with sufficient imagination, freshness, and flair to justify recording them again. Roberts finds grandeur in ''The Man I Love'' and an intriguing sense of mystery in ''It Ain't Necessarily So,'' but he also rushes through a businesslike ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' and obscures ''Someone to Watch Over Me'' with gingerbread.

Originally posted Sep 30, 1994 Published in issue #242 Sep 30, 1994 Order article reprints

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