Béla Fleck Interprets 'Rhapsody In Blue' on Composition's 100th Anniversary

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 12, 2024

The chameleonic banjo player Béla Fleck has a new album commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue," which features new bluegrass and blues-influenced versions of the composition. Fleck joins us to perform and discuss the album.

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