Music was vital to playwright August Wilson (1945 --2005), who as a teenager honed his writing at the same time he discovered blues musicians like Bessie Smith. Wilson said that when he first heard Smith, "The universe stuttered, and everything fell into place." Learn how composer Kathryn Bostic, jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and actor [...]
SOURCE: PBS at 05:02PM on February 12, 2015