SUMMERTIME: George Gershwin's Life in Music

Drawing extensively from letters and contemporary accounts, Crawford, an acclaimed music historian, traces the arc of Gershwin's remarkable life, seamlessly blending colorful anecdotes with a discussion of Gershwin's unforgettable oeuvre. His days on earth were limited to the summertime of life, but the spirit and inventive vitality of music he left behind lives on. Photos.