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Joe Diorio: Stateside
by David Rickert
Jazz writer Gary Giddins once wrote an article entitled Fifty Years of 'Body and Soul'", which celebrates what he calls the greatest American song of all time". Basically a tribute to how enduring the song is (nearly 300 versions have been recorded), the article highlights some of the more memorable interpretations. Giddins also illustrates how important standards are to the jazz medium, for they provide a common ground for musicians to collaborate with one another on the spot without ever ...
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