If you've not heard this, you should.

Higher Ground Hurricane Benefit Concert



Laurence Fishburne hosted the five-hour concert from New York's Rose Theater. The line up is simply incredible

Wynton Marsalis Septet: 'Ain' No'

Renee Fleming with Mark O'Connor and Eric Reid: 'Amazing Grace'

Shirley Caesar: 'You're Next for a Miracle,' 'He's Working It Out for You,' 'This Joy'

Aaron Neville: 'Go to the Mardi Gras'

Herbie Hancock: 'Eye of the Hurricane'

Wynton Marsalis & Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Bette Midler, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: "Is That All There Is?"

Abbey Lincoln: "For All We Know"

Joe Lovano: "Blackwell's Message"

Diana Krall: "Basin Street Blues"

Marcus Roberts: "New Orleans Blues"

Paul Simon: 'That Was Your Mother'

Dianne Reeves: 'The House I Live In'

Irvin Mayfield, Ronald Markham: 'Just a Closer Walk With Thee'

Norah Jones: 'I Think It's Gonna Rain Today'

McCoy Tyner

Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint: 'Freedom for the Stallion'

Buckwheat Zydeco: 'I'm Gonna Love You Anyway'

Wynton Marsalis Septet: 'Dippermouth Blues'

James Taylor: 'Never Die Young'

Toni Morrison reading various passages from her novel Jazz

Jordan Family: 'Here's to Life'

Terence Blanchard: 'Over There'

Marsalis Family: 'Twelve's It'

Jon Hendricks: 'This Love of Mine,' 'Tell Me the Truth'

Peter Cincotti: 'Bring Back New Orleans'

Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: 'Havana Blues with Salt Peanuts'

Cassandra Wilson w/Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Mark O'Connor, violin: 'Come Sunday'

Closing: Music from Duke Ellington's 'New Orleans Suite'

Fishburne's and Toussaint's comments, both New Orleans residents and natives, are particularly touching and insightful.

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Numbers to Call

• The Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund

1-800-833-2660

• The Red Cross

1-800-HELP-NOW
1-800-435-7669

• The Salvation Army

1-800-SAL-ARMY
1-800-725-2769

The first one of you to reduce this to MP3 should then take the CD's and trade them for cash. And, if you have to ask me what to do with the cash, we really need to talk.