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One of Frisell's Best Albums Yet.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Bill Frisell's album "This Land."

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 18, 1994: Interview with Fred Hersch; Interview with Iain Softley; Review of Bill Frisell's album "This Land."
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Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch.

Jazz pianist Fred Hersch. His new solo album is "Fred Hersch at Maybeck." Hersch recently revealed he is HIV positive and appears on several recordings to fund raise for the disease.

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Interview and Concert with John Pizzarelli.

Jazz singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli. He's put out seven albums in the past two years, playing guitar in his drumless trio, which features his brother Martin on bass. His latest CD, "Our Love is Here to Stay" (RCA) features re-workings of songs by Johnny Mercer to the Gershwins to the Beatles, and this time Pizzarelli interprets these standards along with a 17-piece orchestra. John is the son of jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.

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A Throwback Album.

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "Evening Star," the new album from guitarist Joshua Breakstone. Though Breakstone is 32 years old, his style is rooted in the 1940s.

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Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

Alexandra Auder's mother, Viva, was one of Andy Warhol's muses. Growing up in Warhol's orbit meant Auder's childhood was an unusual one. For several years, Viva, Auder and Auder's younger half-sister, Gaby Hoffmann, lived in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. It was was famous for having been home to Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Virgil Thomson, and Bob Dylan, among others.

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In the series Jury Duty, a solar contractor named Ronald Gladden has agreed to participate in what he believes is a documentary about the experience of being a juror--but what Ronald doesn't know is that the whole thing is fake.

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