Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews six new box sets for the holiday season

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Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews six new box sets for the holiday season.

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man covers the period 1923-1954.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD, reviewer

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews six new box sets for the holiday season. The box sets are: "Early Ellington," Duke Ellington (GRP/Decca);"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923-1954," Louis Armstrong (Columbia);"The Complete Blue Note Recordings," Thelonious Monk (Blue Note);"The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings," Bud Powell (Blue Note);"The Complete Bud Powell" (Verve);"The Jazz Scene," Various Artists (Verve).

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