The Blues-Jazz Mashup

Beginning her career in music as a secretary for various music producers, Barbara Acklin later found her voice in the R&B community when singer Jackie Wilson agreed to record one of her songs called Whispers (Gettin' Louder). On this weeks episode we begin with a segment attributed to Barbara Acklin and her work and later fall into jazz and blues based content. Some artists featured are Bud Powell, Toronto blues singer Sugar Brown, Tito Puente, Bill Evans and Professor Longhair.