Ferde Grofé – Grand Canyon Suite Philadelphia Orchestra – Eugene Ormandy Columbia (1958)

During the Roaring ’20’s one man was the undisputed king of popular music—bandleader Paul Whiteman. And the “man behind the man”—his chief musical arranger and jazz pianist—was a fellow from a long line of family musicians, who had a sharp musical mind for sound and color, named Ferde Grofé (pronounced “fayr-DEE grow-FAY”). He was the […]