From the moment singer-songwriter and recording artist Ty Stephens opened his show Standard Tyme at Birdland Theater with a slow, evocative opener of "Round Midnight" (Thelonius Monk, Thelma Murray), it was apparent that the evening was going to be something extra special. Then shortly into the set, an alluring "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington), proved without doubt that Stephens taps far into …
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