Millie Jackson, an R&B icon of the 1970s, had soulful grooves, lush arrangements and a velvet voice. She also had a lusty way of putting her point across. Her albums were spiced with foul language and ...

I started with a simple question. What is a typical day like in the life of Millie Jackson? The music legend, a sonic force who is somehow a cross between Sarah Vaughan and Redd Foxx, sits at her ...