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Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the work of soprano saxophonist Lol Coxhill. ("Lohl") (The Dunois Solos, Nato re

V critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new Fox children''s show, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."

Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, ALVIN POUSSAINT (Poo-saunt). He was also a consultant to "The Cosby Show." He co-authored the book, "Raising Black Children: Two Leading Psychiatrists Confront the Educational, Social, and Emotional Problems Facing Black Children" in 1975. A reissue of the book has recently been published. (by

Film director and writer ANDREW BERGMAN. He is the director of the new movie "It Could Happen to You." He also wrote and directed the 1992 film "Honeymoon in Vegas," and the 1990 film "The Freshman." He is the writer of the 1974 Mel Brooks movie "Blazing Saddles, as well as "Fletch," "The In-Laws," and "Soapdish." (REBROADCAST FROM 9/

Rock historian ED WARD reflects on Stu Sutcliff, an original member of the Beatles. INT. 2: Musician ROBBIE ROBERTSON was a guitarist and songwriter for The Band until their break-up in 1976. Since then, he has put out solo albums and done film soundtracks for director Martin Scorsese. His newest work is "The Native Americans" (Capitol), inspired by his Native American heritage. REV. 2: ARTS REV. TWO: Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews Lorrie Moore''s new novel, "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?" (

Classical Music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a new recording of a major Stravinsky score, "Les Noces (pronounced "Lay Noss") and Village Wedding Songs" performed by the Pokrovsky Ensemble on the Elektra label. This recording presents the pieces in the style of folk singing, rather than the usual concert style.

Professor and writer RAYMOND McNALLY has studied the many portrayals of vampires in folklore and film. He has traced the origins of the Dracula story in Transylvania. His book about what he's found is "In Search of Dracula" (Houghton-Mifflin), written with Radu Florescu. McNALLY is a professor of Rumanian and Eastern European culture at Boston College. (REBROADCAST FROM 10

Two individuals involved with the Victim/Offender Mediation Program (with The Community Dispute Resolution Center in New York City): Program Director THOMAS CHRISTIAN, and GARY GEIGER, who was shot and wounded during a robbery eleven years ago. Through the program, GEIGER confronted the man who shot him, Wayne Blanchard, who is now in prison. GEIGER's meeting with Blanchard is part of a new HBO special, "Confronting Evil: America Undercover." (It premieres tonight (10:00 - 11:00 p.m. E.T.

2: Writer ELAINE MARCUS STARKMAN. STARKMAN's new book, "Learning to Sit in Silence: A Journal of Caretaking" (Papeir-Mache), is a fictionalized journal of caring for her elderly mother-in-law. STARKMAN explores the love, guilt, and anger that accompanies aging and death for so many. STARKMAN has also written "The Best Time" and "Love Scene."

White South African writer RIAN (rhymes with "neon") MALAN. Malan is an Afrikaner, descendent of a family that settled in South Africa over three hundred years ago, and Malan's great-uncle was the chief architect of the Apartheid system. Malan only realized the horror of Apartheid after he became a crime reporter for a Johannesburg paper. What he learned led him to leave South Africa, and spend the next eight years in exile. Malan's written a book about his return to his homeland, called "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience." (REBROADCAST FROM 1/30/90).South African labor leader EMMA MASHININI. Mashinini was Secretary of the Commercial, Catering, and Allied Workers Union of South Africa, one of South Africa's biggest trade unions, and was arrested and detained for six months. Mashinini's autobiography, is "Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life." (by Routledge). (REBROADCAST FROM 7/23/91).From 1953 until 1989 HELEN SUZMAN served as an Opposition Member of the South African Parliament. SUZMAN was a pioneering political leader in the fight against apartied and anti-semitism. For thirteen years she was the sole representative in the Parliament to reject race discrimination. In her book, "In No Certain Terms: A South African Memoir" (Knopf), she explains how she used her status to gain access to places out of bounds to the general public--prisons, black townships and "resettlement areas"--and how she came to know Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. (REBROADCAST FROM 11/09/93).