Transcript: Patti Austin Spins New Stories from Old Classics

STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
03-12-2007
Patti Austin Spins New Stories from Old Classics

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to. Those are the words of the novelist John O'Hara, one of Gershwin's many fans. Almost 70 years after Gershwin's death, his music is still performed and recorded, most recently by Patti Austin.

Here's NPR's extra special correspondent Susan Stamberg.

SUSAN STAMBERG: Her dad was a jazz trombonist. She made her singing debut at age four at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. It was a fluke. Her father took her backstage to meet Dinah Washington. ...

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