Emmy Award-Winning Composer Laura Karpman uses Langston Hughes' epic 1961 poem Ask Your Mama as the theme on Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods For Jazz. She uses a contemporary who's who of vocalists and instrumentalists to weave different genres together in a tour de force dedicated to this protean poet, social activist, novelist and playwright.
You can hear cuts from Ask Your Mama on Jazz 91.9 WCLK, particularly during Serenade To The City, weeknights from 10:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. You can purchase this music via Amazon at the banner below and a portion of the proceeds will support the continued non-commercial operation of WCLK. Thank you.