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Alison Brown's Multi-Genre Banjo
Investment banker turned banjo star, Alison Brown left behind a promising career at Smith Barney to follow her true love — music. Today, she's enjoying success as the founder of a successful record label and leader of her own quartet. Heralded in the bluegrass community, she's taking her banjo to unimagined genres, Jazz, Celtic, even Latin music.
Guests:
Alison Brown, leader of the Alison Brown Quartet and co-founder of Compass Records.
This program aired on October 25, 2002.