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雖然喬治．蓋西文一生指活了39歲，但在二○年代百老匯歌曲作曲家中，他的作品可以說是個人作品總量中最常被演出的一位。他12歲開始習琴，16歲就開始到百老匯寫曲彈琴。之後他在二○年代快速竄紅，成爲那十年間百老匯裏最受歡迎的作曲家。之後三○年代米高梅等電影公司在好萊塢籌拍大型歌舞片時，就重金邀請蓋西文兄弟前往監制並作曲，他也爲許多電影寫下我們至今依然傳唱的著名歌曲。可惜的是，喬治在1937年就英年早逝，但早他兩年出生的哥哥艾拉，卻一直活到1983年才過世。在喬治．蓋西文過世後，每一世代的爵士樂手都一定會改編他的歌曲來演奏，其原因是非常明顯的，因爲蓋西文是他那個年代的作曲家中，對爵士音樂最敏感，也受到影響最多的一位，他非常喜愛爵士音樂，甚至在他的古典作品，像是「藍色狂想曲」和歌劇「乞丐與蕩婦」中，都大量引用這種音樂的和聲和旋律特性。所以也難怪有那麽多爵士樂手喜歡演奏他的歌曲，本片這十首歌曲，就將蓋西文歌曲這種爵士興味表達到淋漓盡緻。
Throughout the years, Blue Note has boasted a rich, varied roster more often than not, and their artists frequently tackled standards on their records. Therefore, it only makes sense that the label decided to compile several highlights from these standards as the Blue Note Plays series in 1999. Blue Note Plays Gershwin contains ten highlights from five different decades. It's a lot of time to cover, and it has to be said that a lot of great performances were left in the vaults. Nevertheless, what is here is very good indeed, whether it's Stanley Turrentine's "They Can't Take that Away from Me," Dexter Gordon's "Our Love Is Here to Stay," Benny Green's "Soon" & Ike Quebec's "I've Got a Crush on You," or Sonny Clark's "Love Walked In," Lou Donaldson's "The Man I Love," Jimmy Smith & Jackie McLean's "Embraceable You" or Joe Lovano's "Someone to Watch Over Me." All the performances are stylish and accomplished, making this an excellent bargain-priced sampler.
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide