The recent Fred Rogers film Won’t You Be My Neighbor has become the highest grossing biographic documentary of all time. For most Mister Rogers’ neighborhood’s 31 season run, pianist Johnny Costa provided the jazzy accompaniment that millions grew up on. Wynton Marsalis says Costa was called “Baby [Art] Tatum.”
Costa recorded four outstanding solo piano albums for Chiaroscuro that highlights his imagination and artistry.
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These releases are available at retail outlets through MVD. Also available to purchase at Amazon.
Jim Eigo’s Jazz Promo Service is my lifeline to the jazz world of New York and beyond, and the source of so many of my happiest musical discoveries and most joyful nights of jazz. Jim is the hardest-working jazz publicist I know; his popularity speaks for itself.
James Gavin, journalist and author of Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker
