Between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Saturday mornings, he understood that the breathy Coltrane alto solo during “It’s Easy to Remember,” or Duke Ellington offering the pensive piano ballad “Fleurette Africaine” — both of which Leibowitz played on one of his final shows — provided an ethereal soundtrack for solitude. In April, he announced his retirement from the show.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 04, 2019 18:33 UTC