year we've seen the san diego -- yeah, the san diego opera and [speaker not understood] merge with mozart, close down. the sacramento [speaker not understood] symphony had to reorganize in chapter 11 if i'm not mistaken. and we're watching this kind of elected officials need to be seeing that what's happening there is that demographic change impacts the arts. this month, we have been treated here in san francisco to a -- to a manner in which the lobbyists for the opera, the symphony, and the ballet have claimed that the board of supervisors was cutting arts funding. all of us know that's not what's happening here, and yet all of these people that you're hearing testify begging you not to call for cuts in the arts, they've been here because they got this mailer [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, supervisors. my name is andrew wood, san francisco international arts festival, and i want to talk to you today about a report that was put out by the city budget analyst. it was on grants for the arts. and the report found something that we in the arts community had

my day job is beethoven, brahms, and mozart. i love all of that.have an opportunity to bring music to the audience and the public and we should do that. tavis: one of the greats, no doubt about that. i wonder what your take is on the status -- the presence or lack there of -- of people in opera today. the opera world is open because we are all desperate. there are so many great voices of african americans. fortunately, that broke down a lot of the limits. less so for men. myself -- iermit adore her. it is one of the great experiences of my life to work with her. she, of course, led the way and she has opened the door to many others. it is slower for african american males and i do not know if that is changing as rapidly as it ought to. there are so many great voices out there. fewer.osers, there are you are member when scott joplin suddenly became a household word 30 years ago. nathaniel, there is enough music to fill several causal halls -- concert halls. tavis: what do you hope that the rest of us will take away from your fighting so hard to expo

your tip mentioned icons, who did you enjoy more, mozart or bay toe convenient. >> i was partial to theato. i bought copies of killing jesus with my four adult children. was disappointed there was no mention of the darkness that covered the earth after jesus died. not to say it didn't happen, but all the things in killing jesus we have verified. >> i use my catchup to watch the factor. i'll travel to fargo in i can meet you guys. >> we'll be there at the civic auditorium march 26th, mark. if you do fly in from great britain, i'll get you a backstage trip. you'll like the dakotas. the bolder fresher show rolls into boulder city. finally tonight, my factor tip of the day, susan carpenter who lives in peoria, arizona. could you send jesse waters out to talk to normal people? i could answer his questions intelligently. waters is mandated to find a cross section of fowlkes, we use the most flamboyant stuff. trust me, half of the american public is information challenged. if you're watching this program, you're interested in the world. but even though millions of people do watch this every da

your tip mentioned icons, who did you enjoy more, mozart or bay toe convenient. >> i was partial to thekilling jesus with my four adult children. was disappointed there was no mention of the darkness that covered the earth after jesus died. not to say it didn't happen, but all the things in killing jesus we have verified. >> i use my catchup to watch the factor. i'll travel to fargo in i can meet you guys. >> we'll be there at the civic auditorium march 26th, mark. if you do fly in from great britain, i'llet you a backstage trip. you'll like the dakotas. the bolder fresher show rolls into boulder city. finally tonight, my factor tip of the day, susan carpenter who lives in peoria, arizona. could you send jesse waters out to talk to normal people? i could answer his questions intelligently. waters is mandated to find a cross section of fowlkes, we use the most flamboyant stuff. trust me, half of the american public is information challenged. if you're watching this program, you're interested in the world. but even though millions of people do watch this every day, most americans don't. w

. >> i'd been playing, i love mozart, i love bach, brahms, but at 13 i didn't understand any of that that i was playing. and there was something very pure and, i don't know, it resonated with me. thelonious monk's playing that i thought oh, this has the depth and the simplicity and the rigor that i think makes great art, great music. >> brown: explain that, depth and simplicity. >> if you hear thelonious monk play a run that goes from the top of the piano, he has opened up the grand canyon with that. he's the river that's carved this entire space that we call the grand canyon. he does that with one run. he lets you know what the possibility of the sound of the piano can do. >> brown: moran went on to the manhattan school of music and made his first album at age 24, on the famed blue note label. seven others would follow. the most recent in 2010. titled "ten", it celebrated the 10th anniversary of his trio, "jason moran & the bandwagon". that same year he earned a macarthur genius fellowship. now, moran wants to bring more people in to the jazz experience. >> i think it's important th