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A Lost Holy Grail of Jazz is Found

For years, jazz fans have been looking for recordings that a fanatical fan named Dean Benedetti made of Charlie Parker in the late 40s. Those recording recently turned up, and they've just been issued on a boxed set of compact discs. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says they're surprisingly good, but don't add much to what we know about the famed saxophonist.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 10, 1990: Interview with Lionel Aldridge; Review of the CD box set "The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker"; Interview with Diane Kurys; Review…
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