She sings Mathis' standard Misty as he would, a love ballad. Then she sings it faster and jazzier. That's just my spin on it. Jazz is improvisation and feeling. You can take any song and make it a jazz song.
Jazz is a learning experience.
A former lab technician for the state, Womack now enjoys imparting her learning experience to African-American students. I'm very happy to see more African Americans in this class. Jazz music was born of African-American people, and they've just given it away. Ninety-five percent of the people I see at the jazz clubs are white. We have a responsibility to teach young African Americans about our history, our art, our visual art.