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Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead

Fresh Air | By Kevin Whitehead
Published December 17, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews some box sets you might want to consider (or not) for holiday gifts:

The Complete Miles Davis Live at Montreux 1973-1991 (Warner Bros)

The Classic Blue Note Recordings of Wayne Shorter

The Classic Columbia and Okeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Sessions (Mosaic)

Billy Eckstine: The Legendary Big Band (Savoy)

The Definitive Sarah Vaughan (Verve/Blue Note)

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Kevin Whitehead
Kevin Whitehead is the jazz critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Currently he reviews for The Audio Beat and Point of Departure.
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