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10 Best Jazz Releases and Reissues of 1987.

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead surveys his picks for the year's ten best releases.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 28, 1987: Interview with Aljean Harmetz; Review of 1987's top ten jazz albums; Interview with Tess Gallagher; Review of the television program "The Singing…
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