Jazz Artist Nnenna Freelon Discusses New Book, Grief, And Hair

Jazz Artist Nnenna Freelon Discusses New Book, Grief, And Hair

By Corynne Corbett ·Updated November 21, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Grammy-nominated jazz singer Nnenna Freelon understands that the way we wear our hair is about more than > Beneath the Skin of Sorrow: Improvisations on Loss, watched as her mother ushered her clients through the varied transitions Black women face. “Before she picked up a straightening comb or anything, she would say, ‘I don’t just do hair. I do prayer.’ She …