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.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jimmy
• Heath
• Clark
• Terry
• Tavis
• Smiley
• Cornel
• West
• Ludacris
• Get
• Back

[ReggaesRockers]

Too bad many people know of Ludacris and too little know of the great Jimmy Heath.

[rock27863]

Jimmy Heath is halarious...ive had the pleasure to sit down and speak to him on two occasions...very very funny cat

[tkdmaster3bd]

whoops. didn't mean to thumbs down you. meant to thumbs up. i was gonna say, hell yeah.

[evan0387]

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Hottest live hip hop out!

[Jcmeuzzik]

Check this band on myspace... They do Jazz Hip Hop........ pretty hot....  Myspace "dot" com /TheBlackRoseNoise

[Ookiikemono]

Yeah dude, I agree.

[keem008]

Yo hip hop big band thats whats up i have a jazz cd out now Haak Blast.

[someguy1000]

I met Jimmy and Tooty one time, it was real obvious they care a lot about the younger generation. Such beautiful cats and master musicians, I wish more of the world was hip to the jazz tradition.

[someguy1000]

Every time Cornel West opens his mouth, it's an EVENT. Someone needs to follow Cornel West around with a mic like Dean Benedetti followed around Charlie Parker so that every breath may be captured for posterity. Does anyone feel me?