‘In the Key of Life’ Concentrates on Stevie Wonder’s Pinnacle Decade

Pianist and music director Henry Hey works out new interpretations of classic soul songs but also keeps them firmly in the soul idiom.

2023 Richard Termine
Darius de Hass in 'In the Key of Life.' 2023 Richard Termine

It seems silly to claim that Stevie Wonder is insufficiently appreciated: he’s one of the most celebrated artists of the last 60 years, and his songs are constantly performed by singers, both in and outside of the soul music genre, and played all the time by jazz musicians.  Yet somehow he never gets the kind of attention that results in formal songbook shows or albums, which his music richly deserves.

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