This was no Benny Goodman or Artie Shaw riffing with glissandos, over two octaves of pure melody.

FORBES: Venezia, Still My Favorite Leading Indicator

Named for the iconic British actress and credited here to Carla Bley and Terry Adams (of NRBQ), it succeeds with an elegiac recurring motif, overtones of folk and the blues, rapturous glissandos, and an expert grasp of volume dynamics.

NPR: Paul Bley Trio: Darkly Winsome Jazz