I Got Rhythm

Red Nichols and His Orchestra · 1930 · One of the first jazz versions, October 23, 1930

Context

Red Nichols recorded George and Ira Gershwin's song for Brunswick on October 23, 1930, shortly after the Broadway premiere of Girl Crazy; it is one of the first jazz-style versions, sung by Dick Robertson. The track's chord changes, the "rhythm changes," became one of the foundations of jazz improvisation, from Ellington's Cotton Tail to Parker's Moose the Mooche.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Chicago, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Chicago: New Orleans jazz, Dixieland (ODJB, 1917).

By the same artist

• Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider (1927)

Sources

• EN: I Got Rhythm
• originals.be

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