The Greatest Cocktail Pianist Who Ever Lived

“It’s the grossest of understatements to say that cocktail pianists get no respect. … On the other hand, it’s also true that most cocktail pianists aren’t worth listening to, at least not very closely. … But a few such folk are true artists, and one of them, Cy Walter, was a very great one, among the finest popular pianists of the 20th century.”