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Stretching Old Forms to Their Breaking Point

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead has been thinking a lot about west coast jazz. Some easterners think the scene is tame and enervating, but Whitehead says the adventurous new album by Bert Wilson and his band Rebirth proves them wrong.

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Other segments from the episode on September 19, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 19, 1988: Interview with Jay McInerney; Review of Bert Wilson and Rebirth's album "The Next Rebirth"; Interview with John Beard; Review of "USA Today: The…

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