Rhapsody in Blue

Name: Rhapsody in Blue
Duration: 4 min 52 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.11	Rhapsody in Blue	4:52	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album	US1965	Reprise Records	RS-6168
1.23	Rhapsody in Blue	4:48	Duke Ellington	Recollections of the Big Band Era	Duke Ellington	Album + Compilation	US1982-11-17	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
1.23	Rhapsody in Blue	4:49	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Recollections of the Big Band Era	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	US1989	Atlantic Jazz	7 90043-2
2.11	Rhapsody in Blue	4:52	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Original Album Series	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	XE2009	Rhino (reissue label)	8122 79834 5
1.11	Rhapsody in Blue	4:52	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Original Album Series (Duke Ellington)	Duke Ellington	Album + Compilation	XE2009	Rhino (reissue label)	8122798345
1.11	Rhapsody in Blue	4:52	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Album	GB2010-03-01	Rhino (reissue label)	8122 79834 5
1.11	Rhapsody in Blue	4:49	Duke Ellington	Will Big Bands Ever Come Back? / Recollections of the Big Band Era	Duke Ellington	Album + Compilation	US2014	American Jazz Classics	99082

recording of:	Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration) (on 1962-12-20: instrumental)

orchestrator:	Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1942)
composer:	George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)

publisher:	Chappell Music Ltd. Ferde Grofé Music Publishing (New York) New World Music Co. Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)

referred to in medleys:	Hooked on America Hooked on Classics, Parts 1 & 2
is the basis for:	Blue What Happened (Sublime)
revision of:	Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
arrangements:	Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Dokshitser for trumpet and orchestra) Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Carlos Barbosa-Lima) Rhapsody in Blue (catch-all for unknown versions and arrangements) Rhapsody in Blue (Progressive metal arrangement by Liquid Tension Experiment)