aziza. let's bring out ms. aziza.her music teacher here, and she has spent 50 years as a performer herself. you're the only one this the room who can tell what's she was like at a student at this school. >> i'd like to know that. you can be honest. >> okay. very intelligent. very energetic, very talented, very driven. >> did you think this girl's going places or you thought she is very talented. we'll see where she ends up? what did you think? >> no, i thought she was going places. >> you did? >> yeah. good places. successful places. >> she taught me so much about how to arrange music, how to arrange a song. we would learn these clusters and these harmonies that were so incredible. they perked my ear. i wanted that. and as i went forward in my life, those are the things that i took and i put into the music. >> so you go from alicia in the class, learning from ms. aziza, to alicia now on broadway saying you know who would be good on stage? ms. aziza. how does that come about, alicia? >> you know, it's fascinating. one