1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: My first guest. It's gonna be a long speech now 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: because they got a lot of things happening on money 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: making conversations. Masterclass or Grammy nominated Jazz Duel for their 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: album The Bailor Project Generations. It's their second album. Generations, 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: released in twenty one, earned the duel its first in 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: double a CP Image Award win for Outstanding Jazz Album 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: Vocal and it's fourth Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: That's Generation and Generation. If you hadn't heard, there's a 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: cultural anthology routing in everyday life. I listened to it 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: all the time because I have like a forty five 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: minute ride. A lot of times come to the station 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: that traffic Atlanta just be building up, and so I 13 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: just dropped in Generations, And guess what, I don't worry 14 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: about traffic or nothing. I should enjoy my ride. Generations 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: when they've dropped, became the number one Jazz vocal album 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: on Jazz Week Radio charts, and the stand out song 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: We Swing the Cipher was named among MPRS Music one 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: hundred Best Songs of twenty when they won. It gets 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: even better now because they're on the call, they're waiting 20 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: for me. We have this upcoming big event. Maybe you've 21 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: heard about it on w c OK the Jazz Music Award. 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: Marcus and Gene of the Bailor Project have three nominations, 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: Best Mainstream Album, Best Vocal Performance, and Best Dual Group 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: of Big Band. Please welcome to my five year anniversary 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: money Making Conversation, master Class celebration, Marcus and Jane Baylor. 26 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: Come on, now, come on now. Oh I love it, man, 27 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: I'm so happy we talked about this because we're gonna 28 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: drop another damn on there. They don't know why we're 29 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: happy over everything. But first of all, you know, it's 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: the first time we were doing the Jazz Music Awards 31 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: w c OKA, doing it over carb Energy Center October 32 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: twenty second, to get three Best Mainstream Album, Best Vocal Performance, 33 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: and this is fans reaching out and industry leaders reaching 34 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: out Best Duo Group of Big Band. Okay, I'm a 35 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: stark because I got two and I got Marcus and Genes. 36 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: So ladies, first, Gene, tell me about how you feel 37 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: about this. We feel amazing, we're excited, we're honored, we're 38 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: blessed to be a part of the first average Jazz 39 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: Music Awards. That's highlighting jazz um and we're just like 40 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: thrilled to not only have been considered for three nominations, 41 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: but also the part of the live performance. Uh, that's 42 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Oh, she's gonna she's gonna drop it before 43 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: you even talk, Marcus. That's how she do, That's how 44 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: you do. It's a celebration. We were donna make it 45 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: do the Hey, Marcus, you know when you when you 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: when you when we talked, you know, one of the 47 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: beauty of your you were so inspiring because you understood 48 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: and not saying Gene didn't. But you know, a lot 49 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: of people don't get the fact about amount of hard 50 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: work that you have to engage yourself in to pursue 51 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: your dream and also sometimes your dream changes, and a 52 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: lot of people to understand do you have to sometimes 53 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: be fluid and go off track to get back on 54 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: your dreams because you didn't start with the Beata project. 55 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: You know, you St. Louis doing your own things. So 56 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: can you tell us the the significance of a show 57 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: like the Jazz Music Awards being a national platform being 58 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: hopefully one day our vision that w c OK has 59 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: to become our version of the Grammys. Our version of 60 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: the Billboard Awards, our version of all these great award 61 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: shows out there, and it's based in Atlanta. Tell us 62 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: about their emotional take on the Jazz Music Awards, Well, 63 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: what's amazing about it is, first of all, I'm gonna 64 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: speak that y'all are the first in terms of that 65 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: I've seen in my time of doing this on the level, 66 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: and you all are leaders in this, and so it's 67 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: such an honor to be a part of this, whether 68 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: it was the first year, the second, third, or fourth 69 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: or fifth year, it's celebrating music that's born in our coach, 70 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: that's rooted in our culture and in our history as 71 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: a people, as Black people in this country. But of course, 72 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: you know, the music stretches abroad and stretches through throughout 73 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: the whole entire world, but it was birth in the 74 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: black community, and so I'm just excited about that. And 75 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: it's given love to all the different sizes of jazz music, 76 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: straight ahead smooth jazz, and I'm sure over the years 77 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: it's going to continue to keep expanding and just embracing 78 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: as like you all are doing and just embracing the 79 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: music as a whole. And I and we just love 80 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: this because it's on the level and it's bringing in 81 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: some of the greatest artists in the world. So I'm 82 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: we're honored. We'll be right back with more Money Making 83 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: Conversations Masterclass with Rushan McDonald. Now, let's return to Money 84 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: Making Conversations Masterclass with Rashan McDonald. Well, you know, the 85 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: honor is mine because of the fact that you know, 86 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: on this anniversary, I wanted to bring in people who 87 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: hit home for me and and and you too. When 88 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: you came on my show, it was kind of like family. 89 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: And I'm I'm one of those guys who know I'm 90 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,559 Speaker 1: a jazz I find jazz, you know, and because jass 91 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: doesn't always find me because I don't know where to go, 92 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: you know, I'll be listening to great music and go, wow, 93 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: what is that? And that's why I found your music. 94 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: Like black Board that's my song, you know, Blackboards my song? 95 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: You know that that that's my song. J That's my 96 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,799 Speaker 1: song black Board that's on that's on that Generation's album. 97 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: If y'all don't know, like I told y'all when I'm 98 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: driving the w C. Okay, every Tuesday, I put on 99 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: my song my my Drop, my Pandora generations and I'm good. 100 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: I'm good all the way in and so when I 101 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: when I look at that, and then we go over 102 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: to Gene because you dropped it. Anyway, we might want 103 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: to tell the world that opening opening the Jazz Music 104 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: Awards will not only be the Bailor Project starring Marcus 105 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: and Gene, is gonna also be jaz me a Horn 106 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: and Diana reads. Talk to me first, come on, come on, 107 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: come on, gee, talk to me. Said you said you 108 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: just gonna get out there and throw out a little 109 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: nugget before I even talk to Marcus. Tell us about 110 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: jumping on that stage because because you know something, Marcus, 111 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: I love her, but you know she tried to jump 112 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: in front of you and get the last wing on 113 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: on fried Chicken. What I'm saying, that's up? No, I'm 114 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: looking at that. No, I'm looking at that fried chicken wings. 115 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: She go over there, how you doing with Sean and 116 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: get reached for it? And Jesus tell us about that 117 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: performance being the opening act for the Jazz Music Awards, 118 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: which take place at the carb Energy Center October twenty second. Uh, 119 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: you know the beauty of being because y'all gonna be 120 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: busy nominations. I'm I don't know the score, but I 121 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: like to believe, you know, so love gonna be shown 122 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: in the nominations too. But y'all, y'all. Stepping on that 123 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: stage is hosted by a girl, d Deep Bridgewater. She's 124 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: one of the hosts. It's been announced for the Jazz 125 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: Music Awards. So but it's all about introducing that first act. 126 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: We swing, give us a little people who don't know 127 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: about what we see. Why is that it's that beat, 128 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: you know, that cotton club to come into hall and 129 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: beat that beat, then make it just rock side by 130 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: side and snap your fingers, snap your fingers, snap your fingers. Hey, 131 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: I'm telling you come with Jane flour Is yours. We swing. 132 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: I think you dropped the Obama me because I didn't 133 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: know we were opening. So that's so dope, and I 134 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,559 Speaker 1: think it's a great way to perfect way to open. Like, Hey, 135 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: this is Jazz Awards and we swing. Swing is you know, 136 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: the answence of jazz music's foundational It's um one of 137 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: them things where you know, sometimes sometimes we we move 138 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: in and out of it and away from it, but 139 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: we always come back to it. So I'm honored to 140 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: have um a legacy artist, UM like Diane Reeves join 141 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: us and just Mia who is like our baby sister. 142 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Killing the game Um three 143 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: different generations, which really represents the album that it was 144 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: featured on generation. So UM, you know, we're just looking 145 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: forward to it. We we and UM. I believe or 146 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: and Evans is gonna be there. I believe he gonna 147 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: he's gonna help us swing it about it there. We 148 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: have to throw his name in there because oor and 149 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: Evans is the person he's one of the nominees. But 150 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: he introduced me to Jane. That's how I met Jane. Okay, okay, 151 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: all right now, and I used to get all personal. 152 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: Now I gotta slide up to the mic now. You know, 153 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: you know St. Louis meet New Jersey. You know St. Louis, 154 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: Missouri meet New Jersey. Okay, Mitt west mes East Coast. Yes, 155 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: So we're gonna be so on that stage. You know 156 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: the interesting thing about it when when we we we 157 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: spoke and I'm gonna tell you all something it was 158 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: it was it was because you don't know. I gotta 159 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: I'm blessed to have a podcast and as uh in 160 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: UM real popular and when your interview, I'm gonna just 161 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: be honest with you. When your interview aired on my podcast, 162 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: it was in the first quarter. It was the top 163 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: downloaded interview on my podcast. I kid you, not kid 164 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: you not so and so that let me know that 165 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: a lot of my fan base or into jazz and so, 166 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: because you know, you know, jazz is such a relaxing sound. 167 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: And so I told my staff and they said, Richard, 168 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: and I said, uh, they said that the Bailor Project 169 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: interviews your top download for the quarter. I knew it. 170 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: I knew it jumped up when the interview when you dropped, 171 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: because what I do is when it airs on w 172 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: c Okay, the following week, I aired on my national 173 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: podcast and Chid, yeah, I went crazy. Everybody love the 174 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: Baby Project. That is crazy. Thank you. That's good. That's 175 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: that's awesome. Thank you so much. I gotta speak to truth. 176 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more Money Making Conversations Masterclass 177 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: with Rashan McDonald. Now, let's return to Money Making Conversations 178 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: Masterclass with Rashan McDonald. When you when you look at 179 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: the you know because then in the interview, Marcus, you 180 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: dropped so many nuggets in the second half of that 181 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: interview by life by not giving up, by motivation and 182 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: and also realizing that, like I said earlier, just because 183 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: you have a dream doesn't mean that you when when 184 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: you hit a detour that you give up on it. 185 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: And if you give up on it, you know, makes 186 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: you understand you have people around you that can pull 187 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: you back to your dream. And you you spoke like that, 188 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: and I've never heard that. And I think a lot 189 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: of our listeners, not only World World world fans of 190 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: the music and became fans of the Bailor Project, which 191 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: stars Marcus and Gene. Of course you know what is 192 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: that driving force and keeps you focused and and also 193 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: drop some nuggets on what what not only who you 194 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: are and but also what you guys represent as a couple. Wow. Well, 195 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: I'll start off by saying it's as far as I mean, 196 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: first of all, just being you know, really being able 197 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: to just really keep your focus and like I'll be 198 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: honest with you, like even right now, as as we've 199 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: been blessed to be successful in different areas, something is 200 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: constantly reminded me, even just living everyday life on social media, 201 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: because you can see so many people doing great things 202 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: but I even started a mantra that I would say 203 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 1: to myself, focus the Bella project, Focus the bell of project. Jack, 204 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: focused the Bella project, because I'll see so many outside 205 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: things and you start looking at oh man, I want 206 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: to do that. Oh man, I think we should do that. No, 207 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: study on your path and on your journey, because I'm 208 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 1: realizing that all these things will come in due time. 209 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: And just like even just to throw just even a 210 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: crazy plug, like while we're on our I think we 211 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: we we spoke to you first quarter and right after 212 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: that was the Grammys. We were completely drained. And that's 213 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: what you call staying on your path and on your journey. 214 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: We get called for this. We got called for this gig, 215 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: to a private gig, which is was for three nights, 216 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: um three nights. They literally built a jazz club just 217 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: for us to play and and I'm thinking to myself, bad, 218 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: I'm so tired, And they said, no, we want to 219 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: style you guys. We want to do this and do that. 220 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: It's a whole another world that we never was exposed to. 221 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: We show up to this place and it's the most 222 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: amazing jazz club built just for us, to say, only 223 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: for them to tear it down when we finish that. 224 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: We ever seen something said, you know, you guys need 225 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: to record this because you never know. All I have 226 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: to tell you is that we recorded this, uh particular 227 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: particular three nights and within two or three months flipped 228 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: a live album end up coming out, which is just 229 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: dropped three weeks ago, called lies at Apparatus, And of 230 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: course I'm giving the plug, but I'm just saying all 231 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: that to say, when you stay on your path and 232 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: on your journey, certain things just come your way that 233 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: you just would never think. And there's something else. I mean, 234 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: we wanted to talk to you make next year again 235 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: because that's something else that we just did it last 236 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: week that I can't believe what just happened, but we 237 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: can't sar that now. So I'm just saying it's important 238 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: to stay focused on your path and on your journey. 239 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: That is extremely, extremely important because it keeps you to 240 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: half you almost got a half tunnel vision, especially with 241 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: so much happening right now in the world social media 242 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: and you know, and all these things. And then last thing, 243 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: I'll say, get around people. Get around people that are 244 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: that that that that that that pushes you like for instance, 245 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 1: one last day out of all this, I don't know 246 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: if you heard of the Emmy Award winning Adam Blackstone 247 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: just dropped the brand new album called Legacy. Do you 248 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: know we literally just recorded that session about three weeks ago. 249 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: I don't know how we made it happen. The album 250 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: just dropped. A set niece was last night and this 251 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: album is like, it is amazing. It's who's Who're on 252 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: there all the way from Kurt Franklin to Mary Mary 253 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: to Jasmine Sullivan too. I mean, you name it, Who's 254 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: who Queen Latifa and we're featured on the track on 255 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: this album, the Beila Project. Uh Older, what's his name? 256 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: Leslie is a Leslie Older? Yes? So yes, So I 257 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: just say that to say and I'm anna transition is 258 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: over to the wife because I can go all day 259 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: on this on the married couple's baby. What do you 260 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: have to say? A question? Question? I'm I'm chasing market. 261 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: I gotta go, man, you know, I got I got, 262 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: I gotta locked this down. Man again, I want to 263 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: bring you all back so Jeane can talk because the 264 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: gene I'll talk to you last us I realized you 265 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: probably it was prepared to I'll talk her this time, 266 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: but again, but again, he's telling the truth to just dropped. 267 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: The Evening Live apparatus is out now, you gotta check 268 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: it out. But what I want to do is, you know, 269 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: I'm just shouting out my celebration. I want to come 270 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: back to another forty five minute interview with you guys 271 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: next month so we can sit down and talk before 272 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: the the the Jazz Music Awards, which just October twenty second. 273 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: I do want to congratulate you on the three nominations. 274 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: I want to congratulate you and taking the time to 275 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: be the opening act for the Jazz Music Awards again 276 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: October twenty second. Stay blessed and we're gonna talk soon. 277 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: But remember, I want you all to come back on 278 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: the air with me. We're gonna do video, and we're 279 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: gonna do a video, gonna op everything October next month 280 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: for forty five minutes. Is that a deal? Yeah? And 281 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: we're coming down there to the Atlanta to eat some 282 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: chicken with you. So I'm gonna I'm gonna work out 283 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: so we can do that absolutely, and I can still 284 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: look good in the outfit for the world of Chicken. 285 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to slutty Vegan, I love you, Thank 286 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: you all for coming on the show. The Baylor Project 287 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: opening act for this year's Jazz Music Award October Twitter 288 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: Second cop injud your Center. Come on, y'all,