Singer Bobby McFerrin performs at The 39th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell - Day 6 at The New Orleans Fair Grounds on May 3, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic hide caption
Bobby McFerrin, Dorthaan Kirk, Roscoe Mitchell and Reggie Workman. Carol Friedman, David Tallacksen, Richard Kohler, Ken Weiss/NEA hide caption
2020 NEA Jazz Masters Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bobby McFerrin with his daughter Madison McFerrin at Monterey Jazz Festival in 2014. Craig Lovell/Courtesy of Monterey Jazz Festival hide caption
Bobby McFerrin. Carol Friedman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bobby McFerrin with his daughter, Madison McFerrin. Craig Lovell/Courtesy of Monterey Jazz Festival hide caption
Bobby McFerrin. Ingrid Hertfelder/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bobby McFerrin's new album is titled Spirityouall. Carol Friedman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Panel No. 1 from Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series. The panel is titled: "During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans." Courtesy of The Phillips Collection hide caption
Ringo Starr's gold-plated snare drum will be on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum until December. Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive hide caption
Vocabularies is Bobby McFerrin's first album in eight years. John Poole/NPR hide caption