Memory songs don’t have to take you back to sad times. They can “remind you who you are when you’ve forgotten,” Godwin writes. They can bring you back to a time when you felt invincible, or remind you ...

The sleeper of the session is the other Fielder composition, “Mood.” The attractive, introspective melody is reflected by Fielder’s soprano sax played in the upper register of the horn. Getz again is ...

Some Christmas music is classic; some is cringe-worthy. Today we celebrate the latter. This is the music you play when you want your guests to leave. Indeed, it is, and nothing sets the mood quite ...