Richard Rodney Bennett Remembered

<p><strong><em>An overview of his legacy as a singer-pianist, with tributes from some of his closest friends and an account of his life’s productive swan song.</em></strong></p><p>Few musicians can ever have been so multifaceted as Richard Rodney Bennett. But because he was such a colossus as a composer in the classical and film music worlds, his work in the last forty years of his life as a singer-pianist, interpreting in his own distinctive way all that goes under the title of <em>‘The Great American Songbook’</em>, has not always received the appreciation it so richly deserves. </p><p>This affectionate tribute, in addition to exploring his swan song years and providing insights from some of his closest friends, seeks to perpetuate his work in popular music with a complete discography, prefaced by a kaleidoscopic overview of the many highlights.</p>