Ric Francis

Visual Rhythms

Sounds I Saw

Stevie Wonder pays tribute during the funeral service for Grammy award-winning jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
   
Hip-hop artist Lauren Hills performs at the Essence Music Festival.
   
Legendary trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie plays the Blue Note.
     
  
An Afro-Peruvian musical and dance group, Pinta y Canela, performs at a restaurant.
  
Little girls dance to the springy beat of a bouncing rap beat.
   
DeeDee Brown, left, was beloved as a woman who could connect as well with teenagers as with her contemporaries.
     
  
Legendary R&B artist Ray Charles plays the Blue Note.
   
Music legend Ray Charles lies in repose at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
   
A Sundanese dancer performed before Pope John Paul II during a canonization ceremony.
     
  
Nat King Cole's piano and Frank Sinatra's microphone are setup inside Studio B at Capitol Studios for recording.
   
Usher rehearses his act for the American Music Awards.
   
Jazz legends Herbie Hancock, left, and Wayne Shorter perform in honor of musical genius Carlos Santana who received the first annual, "Humanity in the Arts Peace Award" from the Int'l Committee of Artists for Peace.
     
  
Rap artist/dancer Willie Puckett dances at a block party as fans chant "Go Willie Puckett Go."
   
Several Zulus perform Mangwe, a traditional Zulu warrior dance.
   
Paulette Williams, with D.J. Jubilee following, leads a second line procession during a block party.
     
  
Tina Turner demonstrates her staying power, at age 57, strutting through a set of both new and classic songs.
   
Bo Dollis, chief of the Wild Magnolias, struts on Mardi Gras Day.