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06:43

Hearing New Music from Monk and Coltrane

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall. It's a long-forgotten recording of a 1957 benefit concert, which has never been released until now.

Review
06:46

Sonny Rollins: 'Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert'

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert by legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins. He turns 75 Wednesday. The CD was recorded live at a concert in Boston shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.

Review
06:58

Metheny and Coleman: 20 Years of 'Song X'

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Song X: Twentieth Anniversary, a reissue and remix of a 1985 collaboration between guitarist Pat Metheny and saxophonist Ornette Coleman.

Interview
05:51

Fieldwork: A Jazz Trio's 'Simulated Progress'

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Simulated Progress, from the co-operative trio Fieldwork. The CD features Vijay Iyer on piano, Steve Lehman on alto and sopranino saxophones and Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums and percussion.

Review
07:11

Eugene Chadbourne Jazz Releases

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two CDs: Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind from Fast and Bulbous, and The Hills Have Jazz from Eugene Chadbourne.

Review
07:01

Rare Billie Holiday Music and Footage

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection, is a two CD/one DVD collection of Holiday performances. Included along with many of the singer's classic songs are some rarely seen appearances of Holiday on 1950s television.

Review

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