JIG-SAW
Composer: Edward
Chappell; Edward A. Horan
Lyricist: Various
Opened: June 16, 1920, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Performances: 311
Note: A complete song list is not available
at this time.
Limehouse Nights (M: George Gershwin; L: B.G. DeSylva; John Henry Mears) (originally used in MORRIS GEST’S MIDNIGHT WHIRL and subsequently used in THE BROADWAY WHIRL):
1. 78/Columbia A 2876
(Columbia Saxophone Sextette)
2. Gershwin…From Tin Pan Alley To Broadway, Mark56 Records (M)
680 (George Gershwin, piano roll) [reissued on Gershwin Plays
Gershwin, CD/Dal Segno (George Gershwin, piano roll)
3. 78/Columbia 838 (London Revue Band conducted by Albert
Ketelbey)
4. The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1, CD/White Line WHL-2074
(Jack Gibbons, piano)
5. Gershwin Arrangements, More Gershwin, CD/Metier 92030
(Michael Finnissy with Ian Pace, piano)
Love’s Melody:
1. 78/Columbia 838 (London
Revue Band conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
Poppy Land (M: George Gershwin; L: B.G.
DeSylva; John Henry Mears) (originally used in MORRIS GEST’S
MIDNIGHT WHIRL and subsequently used in THE BROADAY WHIRL):
1. 78/Columbia A 2876
(Columbia Saxophone Sextette)
2. 78/Columbia 838 (London Revue Band conducted by Albert
Ketelbey)
3. Classic American Love Songs, CD/Naxos 8559314 (Carole Farley
with John Constable, piano)
Swanee (M: George Gershwin; L: Irving
Caesar) (originally used
in THE CAPITOL (DEMI-TASSE) REVUE and SINDBAD):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this Gershwin standard
beyond composer renditions.
1. Gershwin . . . From Tin Pan
Alley To Broadway, Mark56 Records
680 (George Gershwin, piano) [reissued on
Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The
Piano Rolls, CD/Elektra Nonesuch 79287-2]
2. Show Biz, RCA
LOC-1011 (Irving Caesar)
3. And Then I Wrote,
Coral (S) CRL 57083 (Irving
Caesar)
4. Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935,
CD/Musicmasters 5062-2-C (George Gershwin, piano)
Western Land (M: Byron
Gay):
1. 78/Columbia 838 (London
Revue Band conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. 78/Gennett 4543 (Reisenweber’s
Orchestra)
3. 78/Path 22137 (Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra conducted by
Jos. Knecht)
4. 78/Symphonola (Military Band)
5. 78/Emerson 1025 (Emerson Military Band)
6. 78/Edison 50593 (The All Star Trio)