jazz to hip hop
Jazz saxophone legend Jimmy Heath jazzes up the Ludacris "Get Back" and "Just Like That" riffs as talk show host Tavis Smiley, scholar Cornel West and Jazz master Clark Terry have a jazz to hip hop crack up that ends in a cultural commentary wrap up. Filmed by photographer Carol Friedman backstage during Jimmy's 80th birthday celebration at The Blue Note jazz club in New York City.
About Clark Terry
American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, vocalist, composer and bandleader; born December 14, 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, died February 21, 2015, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA He worked with both [a145262] and [a145257]. He was a major influence on Miles Davis and worked with luminaries such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. He was also an innovator, with the ability to use circular breathing for extended solos and alternating between both horns, with one in each hand, pl...
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