RE: When You Are a Black Church Musician, but You Love Heavy-Duty Jazz (and That's an Old Taboo)

ᗪIGITS TᕼᗩT ᗪᗩᑎᑕᕮ ᑌᑭOᑎ Tᕼᕮ KᕮYS ᗯITᕼ Gᖇᗩᑕᕮ,
ᕮᐯᕮᖇY ᑎOTᕮ YOᑌ ᑭᒪᗩY ᑭᗩIᑎTS TIᗰᕮ ᗩᑎᗪ Sᑭᗩᑕᕮ.
ᕮᗩᑕᕼ ᗰᕮᒪOᗪY ᖴᒪOᗯS ᒪIKᕮ ᗩ ᗯᕼISᑭᕮᖇᕮᗪ ᗪᖇᕮᗩᗰ,
ᗩ ᐯOIᑕᕮ SO ᑭᑌᖇᕮ, IT ᗰᗩKᕮS Tᕼᕮ ᕼᕮᗩᖇT ᗷᕮᗩᗰ.
ᑎᕮᐯᕮᖇ-ᕮᑎᗪIᑎG IS Tᕼᕮ ᗰᗩGIᑕ YOᑌᖇ ᗰᑌSIᑕ ᗷᖇIᑎGS,
ᑎOᑕTᑌᖇᑎᕮS ᗷᒪOOᗰ ᗩS YOᑌᖇ SᑭIᖇIT SIᑎGS.
ᗪ, ᖴOᖇ ᗪᕮᐯOTIOᑎ—YOᑌᖇ ᗩᖇT’S Tᖇᑌᕮ ᖴᒪᗩᗰᕮ,
ᗰᕮᒪOᗪIᕮS ᒪIᑎGᕮᖇ ᒪIKᕮ ᗰOOᑎᒪIT STᖇᕮᗩᗰS,
ᗩᒪᒪ ᗯᕼO ᕼᕮᗩᖇ YOᑌ ᗩᖇᕮ ᒪOST Iᑎ YOᑌᖇ ᗪᖇᕮᗩᗰS.
Tᕼᕮ ᑭIᗩᑎO ᗷᕮᑕOᗰᕮS ᗩ ᗯOᖇᒪᗪ Oᖴ YOᑌᖇ Oᗯᑎ,
ᕼOᑭᕮ ᗩᑎᗪ ᕼᗩᖇᗰOᑎY Iᑎ ᕮᐯᕮᖇY TOᑎᕮ.
ᕮᗰOTIOᑎ ᑭOᑌᖇS ᖴOᖇTᕼ, ᖇᗩᗯ ᗩᑎᗪ SIᑎᑕᕮᖇᕮ,
ᗯIᑎᗪS ᑕᗩᖇᖇY YOᑌᖇ GIᖴT ᖴOᖇ ᗩᒪᒪ TO ᕼᕮᗩᖇ.
S, ᖴOᖇ SIᑎᑕᕮᖇITY—YOᑌ SIᑎG ᖴᖇOᗰ Tᕼᕮ SOᑌᒪ.