MUSIC . . . "COLOR AND LIGHT

Friday, May 05, 1995
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" Stephen Sondheim, says TIME music criticChristopher John Farley, is one of Broadway's best songwriters, but his cerebral compositions possess depths that can't always be explored in the theater. This new album of Sondheim show tunes changes that. Performed by jazz musicians, it brings the best of the worlds of jazz and Broadway together in a sensuous, satisfying collection of songs. According to Farley, "Show tunes have rarely sounded so rich, so smart and so good."