he s still got. it we heard nelly, we heard chloe bringing the house down. this has been an incredible show of talent. so many inspirational remarks honoring this federal holiday. it is now a federal holiday, juneteenth. and it s all about freedom. we are back with juneteenth on cnn. i m sara sidner along with van jones. it just keeps getting better and better. there are moments from now where we will talk to some of the folks that you saw on the stage. some of the headliners, kurt franklin, big freedia the members of swv. we will hem it up with them. i m proud to be an american. i am proud of kurt. it s an unbelievable show. you have the young folks. i guarantee people who had never heard of chloe, they now know who she is. i ll tell you what, charlie. he has still got it. he brought the house down. i love seeing people who love their craft and can do it for their entire lives. it s beautiful. now, speaking of a little surprise, a little coolness, a little duet, we saw s
He had them smacking. i think that people had no idea what was coming. you walk out on stage, they re carrying a stack. people are going to lay back for some kenny g. you know, it s so crazy that you say that. because i think that miles davis was instrumental because he always had his pulse on the culture. the culture is a living organism. that, when it moves with it. we have to move it. the culture makes the roles. so i think that sometimes we cannot cut off the culture, and then move jazz to the suburbs. and let it just live without the culture dictating where to go. so the cast like robert glass, what they do is, the culture makes the rules and we just follow it. the rights of passage, because we are standing on the shoulders of izzy gillespie, the great was been of jazz. sarah, von elizabeth fitzgerald. charlie parker. that show is about that. all present tonight, they