Every Jan. 1, the first song I hear every year is Artie Shaw’s “Begin the Beguine.” It’s a habit I picked up long ago, the early ’90s, when I found an Artie Shaw LP in my grandfather’s possessions headed out to the trash 20 years after he died.
Cole Porter. Artie Shaw. What better way to start a year?
Nows and Forevers 
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