Wanda's Picks Radio Special with Dr. Clarence Jones & Delfeayo Marsalis

  This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! We feature interviews with Dr. Clarence Benjamin Jones Sr., a former speechwriter, attorney, and advisor to the late Martin Luther King Jr., on the occasion of Dr. King's 86th birthday. Our second guest is Delfeayo Marsalis, awardwinning musician and arranger about his latest work: The Last Southern Gentlemen which features his father Mr. Ellis Marsalis on piano. This collaboration is a first for the two men. Music: Linda Tillery & the Freedom Band's Celebrate the King and selections from Marsalis's TLSG.