Brothers George and Ira were born in New York, but their grandfather came from Odesa which was then in Ukraine. George bridged the gap between classical and popular music. In fact, George’s music and Ira’s words were to provide us with hundreds of popular songs and one of the greatest American operas, “Porgy and Bess”.
This is the story of their life and their phenomenal contribution to American music.
ABOUT ROGER BROWNE
Roger Browne was born in Blackpool. He is a raconteur, writer, director, and pianist. He has appeared in jazz clubs and jazz festivals in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and across North America and Canada, and provided piano accompaniment for many national and international legends such as Stephane Grappelli, Marion Montgomery, Scott Hamilton, Bud Freeman, Humphrey Lyttleton, George Melly, George Chisholm, Kenny Baker and many more.
Roger is an avid student of "The Great American Songbook" and has directed over 100 musical shows and presented more than 1,500 entertaining talks, over the last ten years, on various aspects of American popular music, primarily from the early part of the Twentieth Century.
His audience has been, mainly Universities of The Third Age, in all corners of the UK
All his talks are illustrated with live piano playing.
Each talk contains fascinating facts, hilarious anecdotes, and live piano playing.
Facts, Fun, and Music
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