I’ve been familiar with at least a few of Vernon Duke’s songs — among the most famous of them being “April in Paris,” “Autumn in New York,” “I Can’t Get Started,” and “Taking a Chance on Love” — for ...

If the Bolshevik Revolution never happened, the world would be better off in countless ways, but the American songbook would be missing a few of its most elegant tunes. That’s because “April in Paris, ...