Redbone says he likes being around Kottke because he's "fascinating." "We talk about all kinds of strange things,"Redbone said. "I like to get together for breakfast with him, talk in the dressing ...

Leon Redbone is not a jazz musician, but the brand of pop music he favors -- Tin Pan Alley tunes of the '20s and '30s -- would have sounded much different if the genre known as jazz hadn't emerged at ...