The Music

The jam session got underway almost immediately, beginning with a clip of I Remember Harlem, and followed by poetry readings from Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Georgia Douglas Johnson. There was a dance segment to Baby (You've Got What it Takes) by Brook Benton and Dinah Washington, which was partly performed by Matthew Rushing, principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Then, the Wynton Marsalis Quartet took center stage, and Tiffany and Calvin stepped out to Embraceable You. Later, a DJ, who in true New-York-City-That-Never-Sleeps form, spun tunes into the early hours of the following morning. Performers and stage help provided by a number of the couple's friends: production Manager Candace Jackson; actors Kyle and Kim Rivers; choreographer Felicia Swoope; dancers Matthew Rushing and Ebony Ruffin; and host Marta Effinger-Crichlow.