Kevin Cole garnered a reputation as a masterful Gershwin interpreter on the piano. So much so that he performed for the Gershwin family and George’s close friends.
Kevin says, “About halfway through, I noticed that one by one, they were getting up and leaving the room.” It seemed they didn’t like his playing.
But as they came back teary-eyed with tissues, Kevin learned something about his own playing.
Kay Swift, Gershwin’s “right-hand gal” who helped write Porgy and Bess, told Kevin: “We never thought we’d hear the piano sound like that again. It sounds just like George.”
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