The Music of Jerome Kern

Born in 1885 and considered the granddaddy of composers for the musical theater, film and popular music, Jerome Kern rose from impoverished beginnings in an immigrant Jewish family to become America’s leading composer.

Enjoy listening to favorites like “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “Ol’ Man River,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “All the Things You Are,” while learning about his influence on other great composers and his game-changing Broadway musical, Showboat.