John Bunch - Tony's TunesNo one can accuse John Bunch of having a short career; born on December 1, 1921, the veteran pianist was 81 when he recorded Tony's Tunes for Chiaroscuro on May 12, 2003. What's the secret to Bunch's success? In addition to having impeccable chops and an inherent sense of swing and melody, Bunch is smart enough to realize that a musician needs to be true to himself. All these years, Bunch has been a swing oriented pianist along the lines of Teddy

our various artists compilation series that highlights some of the most popular tunes next to some of the more obscure

the film takes place entirely in a working-class apartment building

but demanding and often atypical for the listener

coupling the four Ballades

romantic song and comic opera

anything to match the mood and the colours she could see in her head

Famed as an actor in the popular German detective series "Tatort"

recorded at a festival in Edinburgh

orchestral and chamber music as well as film soundtracks

strolling through rocksteady

They struggle with the all too human complexity of love: feelings of rejection

The crimes and victims are quintessentially urban: A gunman picking off Londoners at random