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News I'm Jim Berto president trumps lawyers have started their impeachment trial defense arguing Democrats are trying to overturn the 2016 election a peace agreement got a report from the White House what the Senate in for a rare Saturday session a White House counsel pads simple only argued the president did nothing wrong in dealings with Ukraine and Democrats know it they're here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history civil Loney and other lawyers repeatedly accused Democrats of holding back effects during Vera 3 days of opening statements promising senators will now get the truth in longer sessions next week but Norty leader Chuck Schumer says great let's have more information say the Trump presentation underlie Democrat demands for witnesses and documents we thank the president's counsel for one thing they made our case even stronger Saager Magni at the White House Democratic lawmakers are reacting to us President Donald Trump's lawyers Democrats say they made the case to call witnesses and review documents New York Democrat represent Xana did Jerrold Nadler says the argument made by the president's defense team that House impeachment managers should have brought the witnesses in by now ignores the fact that the president ordered members of his administration not to testify remember the president gave a blanket order to everyone not to testify all members of the executive agencies the people who testified in front of the Intelligence Committee were defying direct orders from the president. The president is accused of abusing his power by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and then obstructing Congress has it tried to investigate for more on the impeachment please go to v.o.a. News dot com from Washington this is v.o.a. News Chinese officials say 56 people in China have died from the Corona virus nearly 2000 others in China have been infected by the deadly contagion President Xi Jinping says China is facing a grave situation and experts and other resources will be concentrated at specific hospitals to treat severe cases of the illness Reuters him or McCarthy has more a local Beijing news paper reported that the city is to shut all into province shuttle buses from Sunday in a bid to stop the virus from spreading during one of China's busiest travel periods its lunar new year holiday. In true Bay province where will head is located storage fees are rushing to build a 1000 bed hospital in 6 days to treat patients the region is grappling with hundreds of patients affected by the virus in treatment some of which are critically ill and the virus is spreading across the world that is Reuters even McCarthy reporting the death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey has climbed with least $31.00 with more than 1500 people injured a piece Charles they were decimal reports health ministry says rescue workers are continuing to search for dozens of people their age under the rubble of collapsed buildings in central Turkey warning that the death toll is likely to rise the quake hit Friday evening that's around 4 miles monitoring centers they've acted huge ranging from 6.5 to 6.8 at least 5 buildings reported to have been destroyed while hundreds of other structures damaged and made on safe rescue workers working round the clock with the 1000 personnel involved I'm Charles Iraqi security forces used live bullets Sunday to disperse protesters wounding demonstrators in Baghdad and the southern city of Knight's a Riera prominent cleric macaw file solder withdrew his support this weekend for the 4 month long sit ins in rallies in Iraq that have threatened the status quo it is estimated at least 600 people have been killed and 20000 people have been wounded in the protests across from Iraq since October several countries backing rival factions in Libya have violated and arms embargo which they had agreed to with uphold a week ago at a summit in Berlin the United Nations said on Saturday last Sunday foreign powers backing opposing camps agreed at a summit to push the parties to a lasting cease fire and respecting the existing u.n. Arms embargo the u.n. Mission to Libya says over the last 10 days numerous cargo and other flights have been. Reserve landing at Libyan airports across the country providing the parties with advanced weapons armored vehicles advisors and fighters in Washington I'm Jim bird tell below a news. Hello my friend and welcome to another edition of jazz America here on v.o.a. Why this is rush Davis your host and each year to begin here the gathering of jazz musicians professionals and fans of the jazz concerts happens in New York I'll take you there. In the center of Manhattan the center of jazz if you want to look at it that way and many people do on the 13th and 14th of January hundreds of folks gathered at the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex to celebrate jazz look back at its glorious past celebrate the wonderful artists from the past and look forward to the future as well a number of panels happened where some of the greats of Jazz had a chance to give the folks their thoughts about what's going on in their careers and jazz in general and in the weeks to come I'll be sharing with you some of those panel discussions as well as one on one conversations I enjoyed with some of the artists that I met with there now to begin this edition of jazz America during which we will focus on jazz Congress Part one I also want to begin with a sad note and that is the passing of one of the great sacks. Phone as in jazz history one of the great composers and band leaders to Jimmy Heath he passed away on Sunday the 19th of January and Georgia he had moved there after being born and Philadelphia and then making his way to New York City to begin his musical career in a big way as a leader as a great composer and a member of his family band the Heath Brothers I'll give you a little taste of everything that he created on this edition of jazz America and let's begin with one of his most famous compositions really recorded by hundreds and I do literally Maine hundreds of different artists it's the Gingerbread Boy Jimi Heath's great composition and you'll learn more about his life and career but 1st let's hear his music with the Jimmy Heath quintet featuring went and Kelly and Kenny Burrell on guitar to began this set of music on video ways jazz America. To. But it. This is what my solos and you all are listening to and enjoying jazz America with the one and only Russ Davis and original on the 4th of America. That's a song from just one of what seems like a dozen new projects in the last year from Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in small combos as a side player as a composer for motion picture soundtracks and with respect to that aspect of what he's been working on these days that is music from the recent motion picture Motherless Brooklyn with. Blues walk Wynton Marsalis and appropriate that we play his music for you on this edition of jazz America because he was the center of attention for so much of the jazz Congress gathering in the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex which is his place of business that's the multiple venue spot and the offices in which he works and the place in the clubs where he plays and Studios where he records it's just his place his home most of the time well he was there and I want to give you some of his music and we'll give you some of his thoughts in the future about the many projects he's involved in as he always is and now one of the things that happened at the Jazz Congress for 2020 an number of the panels focused on women and their activities in Jazz one of the most prominent women in jazz today is the leader of her band make a k. She is Jane Burnett the great flutist a multi instrumentalist I had a chance to sit down with her at Jazz Congress the rest of us here at the Jazz Congress 2020 in New York City and by chance who should sit next to me but Jane by net the leader of the k.k.k. And it's such a great joy to be able to chat with you and hang with you at this panel we've had a lot of fun have a with us and thank you for helping me tear my phone up so save me some embarrassment I won't be able to explain that to the folks around the world most folks not me term I found out because I didn't know that it I went on to ask Jay but net to give me her basic story and she told me how she was born and raised in Toronto Canada and was a pianist 1st and then decided after hearing Charles Mingus playing for about 5 straight nights in Toronto that she just loved jazz and. I started learning more and more about it came to love making jazz and started dealing in New York with many different musicians played with men over the years but then I went to Cuba and got together with some of the women there and created an all female band called McKay k. Let's talk to her about that and 5 years ago I just felt that there was not see enough opportunities for many of the women that I was meeting in the conservatory because I was doing a lot work in the conservatories $25.00 conservatories in Cuba so they have a organize music programs and I'd be out of that you know at a jam session or at the Jazz Fest along I would see a lot of the girl sitting on the sidelines watching their boyfriends play and I'd be up there and I'd be playing and I'd say we're seared by a listener wish or this or and there will and it's a homeowner cyberwar why wouldn't you write when you bring history Oh no no no he's playing so I watched you know with the set for like quite a few years and it was we're only now in the our 5th year we've just finished our 3rd recording which just came out a few weeks ago call on firm ground and. It's been it hasn't been the easy road I'm going to give the folks the music from that brand new album All right despairingly restless and James and the leader of Mackay gentleman so great to talk to you and we'll talk some more Ok thank you Bessie thank you and from that new album on firm ground terra firma Here's ran Queen intro re United Jane bonnet and Macare carry on jazz America from below where one. great Betty Carter from the album the music never stops with the song Mrs b. C. And that leads me to tell you that at the Jazz Congress in New York City one of the very very special panels was the legacy of Betty Carter with folks like Renee Marie Benny Greene Didi Bridgewater Greg Hutchinson Curtis Lundy Christian McBride and Kenny Washington all talking about the lady that had meant so much to them and their careers and in their jazz lives there were some other great panels to celebrating Charlie Parker at 100 Dave Brubeck at 100 Barry Harris received the Bruce Lundvall visionary award and talking trumpets and conversation and music about Louis Satchmo Armstrong with a host a great trumpet players what Marsalis Bria scone Bergen a number of others so quite a time at Jazz Congress in celebration of classic greats of jazz history will do more of that with another look at the late great Jimmy Heath who just left us and his Heath Brothers Band but 1st I want to invite you to send me an email if you have a question a comment or maybe request for music whatever the case may be I'd love to hear from you and here is the email address to which you can write me I'll give it to you twice so write it down and get in touch it's jazz America at v o a News dot com bats jazz America the 2 words written as one word at that's the at sign v o a a and e. E. W. As dot com We heard earlier from Jane Burnett she was part of the sisterhood onstage panel on the 2nd day of Jazz Congress and during that panel all female artists with all female groups I brought up the question of should we simply just be saying. Musician instead of female pianist or male vocalist are etc And the women on the panel Some said yes just say musician and some said no we should continue to support women in a great way Well one of our listeners happened to be there on the spot will do Rivera from New York City who is also a jazz presenter at w b g o in New York City wrote to me to say great question comment at the sisterhood on stage panel I agree with Helen Nowell women can use all the help they can get happy new year and she was speaking of Helen song who was on the panel Well speaking of sisters how about let's speak of Brothers let's once again salute the passing at the age of 93 of the great Jimmy Heath and he alongside his talented brothers Percy Heath on the bass and Albert to the Heath on the drums joined with Jimmy on tenor sax and a host of great players for their album as we were saying and here's the song The newest one. Windows. 7 honk. If you come. Up on the. List you. Me. Something. Wrong. I don't. Play. Along. As another of a jazz greats who was all over the Jazz Congress this year as a matter of fact everywhere you turned you happened to see the face of d.d. Bridgewater as she was on 2 different panels the vocal jazz summit featuring Didi alongside Kurt Elling and Sheila Jordan and she was also part of the panel that celebrated the legacy of Betty Carter and here's another artist that was part of multiple panels at Jazz Congress he was one of the moderators for talking trumpets conversation and music about Louis Satchmo Armstrong and also one of the panelists for Dave Brubeck at 100 Here's John faddists the great trumpeter with. From his album entitled. On Jazz America from v.o.a. One. Yes me and. Yet. Another current jazz great who attended jazz Congress this year trumpeter and vocalist Breo scone Berg former album with a twist and here's the late Claudio road. This is v.o.a. News.
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