The famous opening clarinet glissando in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (1924) originated as a humorous, improvised prank by clarinetist Ross Gorman during rehearsals. Instead of playing the written notes as a simple scale, Gorman "smeared" the notes, which Gershwin loved so much he immediately ordered it kept for the premiere.
🎼 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐧 – *𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞*
🎹 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 – 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 & 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
🎻 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜