Summary: Welcome to the eighth episode of The Checkout from WBGO. In this show, the Rodriguez Brothers - pianist Robert and trumpeter Mike - play three original duets. Charles Tolliver talks about his live big band recording, Emperor March. Ben Ratliff reviews saxophonist Steve Lehman's Travail, Transformation and Flow. Saxophonist John Ellis and playwright Andy Bragen premiere The Ice Siren, a jazz opera. WBGO's Josh Jackson is your host.
