Early Jazz Piano Music is Anything but Simple

Composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla writes and performs what he calls "new tango," which is influenced by rock, jazz, and twentieth-century classical music. His intense, emotional music was at first deeply unpopular with tango traditionalists, who favored the older, dance-oriented sound.

The jazz singer's new album "Collaboration," with the late Gil Evans, revisits songs they recorded together on their 1957 album Dream of You. Merrill says the mood of the new versions is darker, reflecting Evan's frustration with aging. After living in Europe and Japan, she's back in the United States.

The network's new comedy is based on the Diane Keaton movie, and features many of the same actors, writers, and producers. The television version deviates from the original plot, but the message, says TV critic David Bianculli, is just as muddled.