Best Live Performances of 2009: Episode Four, Part Two

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

This segment includes performances by Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole, versatile guitarist Smokey Hormel, bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri and genre-blurring group Sweet Plantain String Quartet.

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