Morgan Freeman appears at the Los Angeles premiere of “Angel Has Fallen” on Aug. 20, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Morgan Freeman appears at the world premiere of “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” in New York on Nov. 10, 2025. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File)
This album cover image released by Decca Records shows “Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience.” (Decca Records via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not.
“There was no place where we could guarantee that you could go in and hear it,” he told The Associated Press. “So, we had to establish that.”
