Findlay in Blue
Findlay Cockrell (piano)
Pianist Findlay Cockrell has had a long and distinguished career in upstate New York as a soloist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. He served on the faculty at the State University of New York at Albany, where he taught piano and classes in music as well as creating a radio course titled Keyboard Masters. A graduate of Juilliard, Mr. Cockrell has performed around the United States and in Russia, where he appeared in recital at the Moscow Conservatory and a guest soloist at Tchaikovsky Hall with the Ossipov Orchestra. This recording includes three American composers whose last names begin with G: Gershwin, Gould and Gottschalk with some seldom recorded arrangements by Earl Wild of Gershwin songs.
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Track Listing
Title | Composer | Performer |
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Three Preludes | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Sleepless Night | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Merry Andrew | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Novelette in Fourths | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Jasbo Brown Blues (from Porgy and Bess) | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
I got plenty o' nuttin' (from Porgy and Bess) | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Liza | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Embraceable You | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Fascinatin' Rhythm | George Gershwin | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31 | Louis-Moreau Gottschalk | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Berceuse, Op. 47 | Louis-Moreau Gottschalk | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Manchega, Op. 38 | Louis-Moreau Gottschalk | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Le Banjo, Op. 15 | Louis-Moreau Gottschalk | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Blues | Morton Gould | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Pavanne | Morton Gould | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Boogie Woogie Etude | Morton Gould | Findlay Cockrell, piano |
Reviews
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"Cockrell, who has a definite affinity for this music, plays it with idiomatic style."
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