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    Charlie Haden and Hank Jones: Down by the Riverside

    Longtime friends and jazz legends, bassist Charlie Haden and late pianist Hank Jones, created an inspired collection of spirituals, hymns and folk songs that represent…

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • Feb 10, 2012 • 3m Listen

    Today's Top Tune unites two longtime friends and jazz legends, bassist

    Charlie Haden and the late pianist,

    Hank Jones.

    Come Sunday, their inspired collection of spirituals, hymns and folk songs represent the sounds of peace, hope and the goodness of the human spirit. Today's Top Tune is a classic, "

    Down by the Riverside."

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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