JIMMY HEATH jazz to hip hop

JIMMY HEATH jazz to hip hop Jazz legend Jimmy Heath celebrated his 80th birthday with his big band in NYC. Jimmy holds court in his dressing room; riffing on Ludacris while talk show host Tavis Smiley, scholar Cornel West and jazz master Clark Terry have a jazz to hip hop crack up and a cultural […]

Aretha Franklin – (To Be) Young, Gifted and Black

Aretha Franklin – (To Be) Young, Gifted and Black Aretha Franklin’s rendition of Nina Simone’s “Young Gifted and Black”. When your soul is intact, you can be young, gifted and black. And white. A mighty, important and swinging song by the lady of soul herself: Aretha Franklin. source ,