We have just seen George Wein’s documentary, Louis Armstrong at Newport, 1971. I am not sure how to respond to all this. Mahalia Jackson never finished the eighth grade, or Mahalia’s genius is based on the collision of her voice with her spirituality. I am uncomfortable with his need to make this distinction because his inquiry begins to approach subtle shades of racism, classism, or sexism. The man I am with is trying to make a distinction.