"Ode to A Jazz Singer...Long Gone..."

Phyllis Hyman: June 6, 1949 - June 30, 1995

"A Change Is Coming"

Sam Cooke (Jan. 22, 1931- Dec. 11, 1964)

"The Divine One"

Ms. Sarah Vaughan
March 27, 1924- April 3, 1990

"A Time For Love"

The unconquerable Mrs. Shirley Horn (May 1, 1934- October 20, 2005)

Mr. Bojangles

Sammy Davis, Jr., (Dec. 8, 1925- May 16, 1990)





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Where does it all start and when does it end? What's it all about? Does any one really care?

"High Priestess of Soul"

Eunice Kathleen Waymon BKA Nina Simone (February 21, 1933- April 21, 2003)

Some say that life is a gift
A time to learn and rethink what
was a thought in our beforeminds

Some say that life is a simple
series of minutes moments hours days weeks years seconds time
A space to live and then to die
I say yes
Yes Lord
Yes to all the heady stuff in between.

Jill Scott