I Loved Bobby Short's Music

I remember hearing him in NY many (too many) years ago. Jazz has few pioneers still around. A profound loss to us all.

OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts: "Another musician who heard Mr. Short at a tender age is funky rocker Lenny Kravitz. 'I've known Bobby Short since I was five years old,' he says. 'He was the person who coaxed my mother into marrying my father.' Mr. Kravitz admired Mr. Short's impeccable style--'the classiest gentleman I ever met in my life.' But above all, he loved the way Mr. Short put across a Gershwin or Porter tune. 'Bobby Short will remain my favorite artist of all time.'
By all accounts, Mr. Short was unfailingly gracious. He didn't retreat to a dressing room between shows, but lounged in the 'gallery,' a small lobby between the Carlyle's caf� and its bar. There, relaxing with friends, he would chat amiably with the patrons, whether they had come up to shake his hand or just to ask for directions to the hotel's obscure bathrooms."