Barbara Leigh

Barbara Leigh and Keith Ingham: Barbara Lea and Keith Ingham Are Mad about the Boy-The Songs of Noel Coward

by Dave Nathan
August 1, 2000

P>It's obvious that the producers of this album believe that the music of Noel Coward is under valued, especially in the United States and, more to the point, by the world of jazz. The liner notes assert that Coward's songs are as versatile as Gershwin, Kern and Berlin's and consequently jazz artists should be as anxious to record them as they are the material of these icons of American popular music. That Coward was a genius is not disputed. He ...