Not only but also … remembering Dudley Moore the jazz pianist

Comedy made him a star, but Dudley Moore was a dazzling pianist who scored his own films and used his keyboard to escape his demons. In the week he would have turned 80, Neil Cowley celebrates a star who never knew his own talentDudley Moore’s comedy legacy kind of passes me by. It’s not that I don’t love watching him corpse at Peter Cook’s deadpan delivery. He’s charming and lovable, but in a supporting role rather than a lead. It was his musical voice that always inspired me, both as