today the louisiana native is the band leader and front man of trombone shorty. his new policeman marks the debut for blue note records. i'm always honored to have him on this program. how are you living? >> i'm doing good. >> good to have you back, my friend. you have been busy. >> we did three months with the chili peppers all over the states. it was incredible. >> did you enjoy that? it's been wonderful. >> you say you're learning something from the chili peppers, give me a sense what that means, you're learning something from them. >> i would go out and see how they approach the stage. at the beginning of the stage they start to jam out. i'm working, learning how to do that also they're doing things back to back, and they go back to jamming. i'm picking all those things up from them. >> you've been with the chili peppers, lenny kravitz. >> the zach brown band. hall & oates. >> you get a chance to tour with individuals that are that brilliant and diverse, the whole thing is like a learning experience for you? >> i'm watching them on stages, i'm trying to see w

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. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley, join me next time for a conversation with the financial times and trombone shorty>>> >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> goo >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. it's been hard if not impossible to ignore all the talk about president trump's first 100 days in office. he skipped the correspondence dinner instead held a rally touting his accomplishments and talking about the media. ted koppel joins us in a minute.