The areas that get hardest hit are generally the poorest. Donald Harrison ? he’s an alto player from there ? said most of the people who were left there just couldn’t afford to leave.

It only sounds archaic if people aren’t having a good time,

Wade in the Water. It has different bass lines, reminiscent of what you might hear in a dance club.

I’m from Houston, I grew up in church, I’ve been singing that way since I was a boy. Kevin is from the blues capital of the world, Kansas City. We can’t do a Count Basie...

We play the Basie stuff, the old spirituals, in big-band style. We do gospel and add a few grooves here and there to make it fresh. To me, the perfect concert would be where 13-year-olds...

To swing like Count Basie and have the impact of Mahalia Jackson.