Based on the poetry of award-winning African American writer & musician Charles Coe the evening will feature his selected works with musical interludes performed by an all-star 6-piece ensemble of outstanding musicians and vocalists with a wide ranging song list inspired by his poems, traversing jazz, funk, R&B, delta blues, and even classical styles, strung together in a seamless sequence outlining in words and tones the breadth of the American musical experience.