THIS.
TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT HERE
IN DETROIT A SPECIAL EVENT
IS HAPPENING TO HONOR THE
MAN CONSIDERED THE GODFATHER
OF DETROIT JAZZ.
IT'S THE FIRST SCHOLARSHIP
FUND-RAISER FEATURING HIS
WIFE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
NIGHT 7:00 P.M.
ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF MARCUS'
PROTEGES.
I LOVE HIS MUSIC AN AWESOME
ARTIST.
SO JOAN JOINS US NOW IN
STUDIO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Tati: MIKE HAD NOTHING
BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
YOUR LATE HUSBAND.
I LOVE LIVE MUSIC.
TO HAVE HIM IN TOWN AS A
YOUNG GUY SEE HIM PERFORM AT
THE OLD MANTRA THE ENERGY.
SHE SPEAKS SO HIGHLY HE'S AN
AWESOME ARTIST HE'S AN
ICONIC FIGURE.
THANK YOU.
HE SPENT 50 YEARS IN DETROIT
CULTIVATING YOUNG MUSICIANS
SO I FELT THAT IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE HIS
TRADITION.
WHEN THE FOUNDATION CAME TO
ME AND I THOUGHT LET'S MAKE
IT A LITTLE BIT, LET'S MAKE
IT SOMETHING THAT IS
SUSTAINING AND THAT WILL
CONTINUE HIS LEGACY.
SO I DECIDED TO START THE
SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
SO THAT WILL BE TOMORROW
NIGHT AND WE'LL HAVE SOME OF
HIS PROTEGES BARRY ALLEN WHO
IS A GUGGENHEIM FELLOW,
DIANA KRALL, PAUL McCARTNEY,
JAMES CARTER, JAMES CARTER.
DWIGHT ADAMS ALL OF THESE
GUYS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A
PHENOMENAL I'LL BE SINGING.
BUT IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL SHOW.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A
LOVEFEST.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT TO CONTINUING WHAT HE DID
LAST YEAR.
I SPONSORED NOT I BUT JAZZ
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
SPONSORED WHO YOUNG
DETROITERS TO GO TO A WEEK
LONG ALL FEMALE JAZZ CAMP.
NOT ONLY TUITION BUT THE
AIRFARE.
THE TRIMENTS FOR THE BASS
BECAUSE TWO DAYS BEFORE WE
GOT READY TO GO.
SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO DO THOSE TYPES
OF THINGS BECAUSE THOSE ARE
SITUATIONS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
DON'T TRADITIONALLY ARE HAVE
AVAILABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MARCUS REALLY FELT WAS THAT
A YOUNG PERSON'S LEARNING A
MUSICIAN DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN
IN COLLEGE IT HAPPENS NEXT
TO MASTERS, IT HAPPENS ON
THE BANDSTAND, IT HAPPENS IN
SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN DO
ONE-ON-ONEs.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE A WELL
ROUNDED MUSICIAN.
Tati: YOU HAVE TO CREATE
SPACES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TO
CARRY ON WITH THAT?
YOU KNOW, I FELT I HAVE
TO DO IT.
IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO.
WE'RE DOING A FREE WORKSHOP
TOMORROW MORNING WHICH
HE THE ARTIST IN RESIDENT
THERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE HOLD A LOT
OF OUR LESSONS.
IT'S SOMETHING SOMETHING
IT'S A DETROIT THING.
I GO TO OTHER CITIES AND YOU
KNOW THERE'S THIS
COMPETITIVENESS.
BUT HERE IN DETROIT WE HELP
EACH OTHER.
FAMILY.
RIGHT.
YOU SEEM SO PASSIONATE
ABOUT IT TOO THAT'S WHAT
EXCITES THE WHOLE JAZZ
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A GREAT JAZZ
COMMUNITY.
WELL, YOU KNOW MOTOWN WAS
BUILT ON JAZZ.
MARCUS WAS ONE OF THOSE
BROTHERS HE WAS ONE OF THOSE
MUNCHINGIANS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT LOOK AT
TODAY LOOK AT A LOT OF THE
ARTISTS THAT ARE GETTING
GRAMMYS ARE HAVE JAZZ IN
THERE.
IF YOU CAN DO JAZZ YOU CAN
DO ANYTHING.
Tati: YOU ARE GOING TO
SING FOR US AREN'T YOU?
I AM.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SING?
I'M GOING TO SING A SONG
THAT I WROTE FOR MARCUS.
IT'S CALLED "EXCITED."
Tati: AGAIN THE FIRST
MARCUS BELL GRAVE
SCHOLARSHIP AND IT HAPPENS
AT THE WRIGHT MUSEUM IN
DETROIT TOMORROW NIGHT AT
7:00 P.M.
WILL ALSO INCLUDING SOME OF
MARCUS'S PROTEGES WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED NOW HERE IS
JOAN BELGRAVE SINGING A SONG
SHE WROTE FOR MARCUS.
♪ EXCITABLE WHAT YOU DO TO
ME ♪
♪ SO EXCITABLE HOW YOU SET
ME FREE ♪
♪ THE MORE I DO THE MORE I
SEE ♪
♪ SO EXCITABLE TO ME ♪
♪ OH IT'S FRIGHTABLE THAT
THIS LIFE COULD BE SO
EXCITABLE WHAT A JOY FOR ME
♪
♪ YOU OPENED AN EYE THAT
COULD NOT SEE ♪
♪ SO EXCITABLE TO ME ♪
♪ I GET WEAK WHENEVER
SPEAK ♪
♪ HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT I
WAS THE ONE YOU CHOSE ♪
♪ OH, IT'S WONDERFUL HOW YOU
MAKE ME FEEL ♪
SO EXCITABLE ♪
THAT THIS LOVE IS REAL ♪
♪
YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE
SO EXCITABLE TO ME ♪
♪
YOU SPEAK ♪
♪ HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT I
WAS THE ONE YOU CHOSE ♪
♪ IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL HOW
YOU MAKE ME SO EXCITABLE
THAT THIS LOVE IS REAL ♪
♪ YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE
SO EXCITABLE TO ME ♪
♪ OH IT'S EXCITABLE ♪
♪
SO EXCITABLE ♪
♪ OH SO EXCITABLE ♪
TO ME ♪
AWESOME, THAT WAS
AWESOME.
AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
LOVE IT.
WOW.
LET'S INTRODUCE THE BAND.
TELL EVERYONE WHO WE HAVE
HERE.
KASAMBELGRAVE
AND IAN ON PIANO AND THEY
ARE ALL PROTEGES.
TOMORROW NIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT 7:00 AT
THE CHARLES H. WRIGHT
MUSEUM.