Yale P. Lewis Jazz Library @ Va St. Univ

[@yvesami]

Heard this voice and Jazz Plus on the radio in Washington DC as a kid in the Sixties. You could not hear this voice and ever forget it. What a wonderful video, thank you. I have not heard that masterful baritone and all its humor and deep knowledge, in close to 40 years. And to see and hear some of these names of a great time in DC... Byron Morris, Rusty Hassan, et al. What a treat!!!

[@DrRevKing]

I first met Mr. Lewis while I was a student at Howard University School of Communications in the early '70s. From an older Black man to a younger Black man, Mr. Lewis gave me tips on proper pronunciation and enunciation of the American language that laid the foundation of my career in Broadcast Journalism. We shared the same bass/baritone voice range--but his was much more grand and rich. Years later, he and I met again at L'Enfant Plaza in DC and he still gave me tips and shared his personal history as a Black Native American to me. Mr. Lewis told me that if he can do it, so can I. His wisdom gave me inspiration in and through my professional career in its various forms--including my concurrent matriculation and vocation as an ordained clergyman. God Bless you, Mr. Lewis, and stay in Peace in God's Bosom.

[@stevewashington4372]

A terrific bit of DC history and a fine acknowledgement of an important Ambassador of Jazz.

[@richardholzsager4235]

I moved to the DC area in the mid sixties and became a fan of Yale's Jazz Plus. Hearing that voice, I pictured a giant of a man, and was amazed when I first met him to see that he was so slight. But what a personality inhabited that body!

[@aluando]