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Gershwin = jazz = WHAT? Gershwin = Broadway is more like it, seeing as how musical theater tends to use a simplified jazz harmonic language, which is what, at the base, Gershwin used. So, in my eyes, to call Gershwin's music Jazz is to call Oklahoma jazz, because some of the songs frequently use major 7 chords. (see 'All 'Er Nothing' - jazzy in it's own right yes, but firmly musical theater)
To me, Gershwin's music is GERSHWIN'S MUSIC, not jazz, not classical, not anything. Same with Beethoven! These classifications are too general and cumbersome to apply to people with truly unique voices. So, in that light, I must agree with whoever coined 'Jazzsical'.
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In Progress:
1. Drift, for orchestra
2. Chamber Symphony, for 16 players
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