The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
TIME's Josh Tyrangiel rates the evening's performances from the 50th Annual Grammy Awards
Piano players Lang Lang and Herbie Hancock after their performance at the 50th Grammy Awards on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles
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Rhapsody in Blue
Joe Mantegna — a theater actor — introduces this fusion of classy genres. It's probably the only time all year a network audience will be exposed to a Gershwin piece that's not being used to sell something, but the performance doesn't feel worthy or dull thanks to the clash between Hancock's delicate jazz fingering and the clawing, mauling style of Lang Lang.
— by Josh Tyrangiel
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