Photograph of jazz pianist Les McCann playing the piano with eyes closed, wearing a black, red, and metallic button-up shirt. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring jazz vocalists Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of jazz singer Miki Howard with her head titled back, singing passionately into her microphone. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Miki Howard and Angela Bofill posing together. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz pianist Les McCaan smiling while looking down at his microphone. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring jazz musicians Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of jazz vocalist Miki Howard singing into a microphone at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event that also featured Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of TBAAL founder Curtis King (left) and jazz pianist Les McCann (right) onstage, Curtis speaking into a microphone while Les sits on his piano bench taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz vocalist Miki Howard singing passionately into a microphone with her eyes closed at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Les McConn and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of music director and keyboardist Eric Willis sitting behind two keyboards arranged perpendicularly. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of Angela Bofill - jazz singer - singing with microphone in right hand and her left hand raised. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event, which also featured Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Low-angled close-up photograph of jazz vocalist Angela Bofill singing at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone - an event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of Miki Howard in all white clothing singing onstage at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Les McConn & Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Les McCann - noted jazz pianist - smiling into his microphone. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring jazz vocalists Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz singer Angela Bofill singing into a microphone with her eyes closed at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard & Les McConn, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of TBAAL founder Curtis King and jazz pianist Les McConn speaking onstage, Curtis standing on the left and Les seated on a bench to the right. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Les McConn playing the piano at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Medium shot of jazz musician Bobby Sparks playing one of many keyboards, eyes looking upward and his right foot pressing a pedal. Bobby dons all black clothing, including leather pants, rectangular hoop earrings, and a metal necklace. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Keith Anderson playing a saxophone with Les McCann's band at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event also featuring Miki Howard and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Close-up photograph of Miki Howard taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz drummer Jason Thomas in mid-drumstroke, playing a Yamaha drum set. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McConn, and Angela Bofill, held in the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of jazz musician Keith Anderson playing his sax onstage, wearing a red turtleneck sweater and black pants. Photograph taken at the Heart of Jazz: A Tribute to Nina Simone event featuring Miki Howard, Les McCann, and Angela Bofill, held in the Naomi Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at the 24th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at the 24th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at the 24th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at the 24th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.