Collecting highlights from the debut season of the acclaimed PBS series "Sessions at West 54th," this compilation video captures performances by musical greats such as trumpet maestro Wynton Marsalis and Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Other artists making appearances include Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco, Rickie Lee Jones, Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega, Sinéad O'Connor, Keb' Mo', Patti Smith and more.
Production
That gorgeous brick-walled studio aesthetic that defined '90s music television.
Direction
Jim Gable lets artists breathe—no frantic cuts, just pure performance.
Director
Jim Gable
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series filmed in a former church on West 54th Street, the same block where Studio 54 once ruled—talk about sacred ground getting re-sanctified.
This 1997 collection captures the exact moment when 'unplugged' became prestige television and PBS briefly became cooler than MTV.
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