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Alto Saxophonist Charles McPherson Highlights a Career Spanning 50 Years

July 13, 2009 11:06 a.m.

Jazz saxophonist Charles McPherson has been performing throughout the world for fifty years. He made two dozen albums with Charlie Mingus, played Charlie Parker in Clint Eastwood's film Bird, and has more than 20 solo albums. The San Diego resident joins us to talk about his career and his new post as artist-in-residence at Anthology.

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