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You Know I'm a Black Woman and I've Got a Leg Up
The second piece of music that you suggested we play is called reactionary tango it's by the pianist and composer Carla Blee. I was very very intrigued this was a little before people started really I mean there was Mary Lou Williams people had not quite rediscovered Melba list and she was a bad Bohemian white girl who somehow or another could make her way as you know a knockout both physically and compositionally etc. And I that was fascinating to me and I really did like the music one of your pieces about Carla Blees' record escalator over the hill which featured people like Jean Lee yes down cherry Charlie Hayden Linda Ron's the boy Jenkins was on a jankins