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Harry Connick, Jr. Returns with Two New Albums

The jazz singer and pianist made a splash with his debut album two years ago. But despite Connick's success, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead is not impressed. He says the young musician apes Thelonious Monk and Frank Sinatra, and badly.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 24, 1990: Interview with Jack Valenti, Wayne Wang, and Russell Schwartz; Review of Harry Connick, Jr.'s albums "Lofty Roach Souffle" and "We Are in Love"; Interview…

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