Cy Coleman has been played on NTS in shows including ALBA Radio w/ Lorenzo Daniels & Bryce Byrd, featured first on 14 October 2024. Songs played include Why Try To Change Me Now.

He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida (née Prizent) was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason. He was a child prodigy who gave piano recitals at Steinway Hall, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall between the ages of six and nine. Before beginning his fabled Broadway career, he led the…