From Cellos to Bongos

Say cello virtuoso and you may think Yo-Yo Ma. But a 23-year-old cellist named Alisa Weilerstein represents the up-and-coming generation on the instrument. Having made her recital debut at age four and her Cleveland Orchestra debut at 13, today, appears on major concert stages around the world. She joins us to talk about the difficult move from child prodigy to mature performing artist, and gives a live performance in the studio. Also on the show: A look at Irving Fields's "Bagels and Bongos," a 1959 recording that artfully combined Latin rhythms with Jewish Latin music. The non-profit record label Reboot Stereophonic has recently reissued this disc and today we get a taste of it, so to speak.