Block 53 of Sam Pinn Weeksville Oral History (Q26095)

Sam Pinn: That has been universal, for everyone who has come here. When Wynton [Marsalis] came here the first time, in 2002, he said ‘man, I gotta get my orchestra down here’… he came with a quartet the first time. He said he doesn’t play for any black folks and he was really taken with our audience. He was very taken by the call & response between him and the audience and I’d say that’s the ...