The piece of folded, faded sheet music slipped out from the memory box I was carrying and floated to the floor, reminiscent of the song printed on it: “Autumn Leaves.” I hadn’t touched a piano in ...
Roger Williams, a pianist who was one of the most popular instrumentalists of the mid-20th century and who hit No. 1 on the pop charts in 1955 with his arpeggio-strewn “Autumn Leaves,” has died. He ...