Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I kite tuatahi a Addy i a Marsalis e whakatangi ana i runga pouaka whakaata i te tau 1981 e whakatangi ana me tētahi kapa haka, ā, i tino miharo ki te " wairua me te whakapau kaha" o te kaiwaiata taitamariki. I kii a Addy ki tana wahine i taua wa ka mahi tahi ia me Marsalis i tetahi ra. I tūtaki ngā kaiwaiata tokorua i te tau 1993 i te
Ko te whakatūnga tuatahi o Bill Clinton, i reira ka mahi rātau i runga i te atamira kotahi, ka tūtaki hoki i roto i ngā ruma whakakī. I kii a Addy ki a Marsalis e pai ana ia ki a ia me te kii "me te maia" ka mahi tahi raua i tetahi ra. Whai muri i taua hui tuatahi, i tae atu a Marsalis ki nga whakaaturanga o Odadaa! e rua tau i te rarangi i te World Music Institute i New York City. I te mutunga ka timata nga kaiwaiata e rua ki te mahi tahi i te tau 2003, i runga i te kaupapa i tapaina ko "Africa Jazz", e tohu ana i te kohinga o nga mahi a Addy me nga waahanga jazz a Marsalis. I whakatangihia te kaupapa i te tau 2003 e te Jazz i te Lincoln Center Orchestra me Odadaa! i te Whare Wananga o Columbia.