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Lennie Tristano's Students Continue His Legacy

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says a new album by Connie Crothers and the Lennie Popkin Quartet features predictable, snaking melodies, but, like their mentor Lennie Tristano, they keep up the intensity beneath their cool exterior.

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Other segments from the episode on March 20, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 20, 1989: Interview with Jonathan Yardley; Review of Connie Crothers and the Lenny Popkin Quartet's album "Love Energy"; Interview with Little Anthony; Review of the…

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