The lauded and multifaceted pianist, songwriter, and composer Stephan Moccio releases “Opaline,” an iridescent jazz track

Stephan Moccio releases “Dear Burt,” a wistful ode to the late composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach.

After a quarter-century spent penning iconic melodies, Moccio could easily rest on a catalog of chart-breakers like Celine Dion’s “A New Day Has Come,”