Festival producer Orr puts together Art Fusion 40 for Woodruff

"I mean, we're not going to have all of the elements involved, like I usually do. They can't allow fire. But we're going to have DJs in Woodruff and the High — and those are our Smithsonians. That's exciting. DJ Kemit is going to be spinning Afrobeat and global soul and previewing some of the new Lil' Louis (a house music favorite). We've got Cafe MyTunes, where we're encouraging people to bring their MP3 players. And if the DJ is coming off some Incognito and you want to mix your AC/DC in — go! We'll make it work. [R&B female group] Brownstone is going to be performing together for the first time in I don't know how many years. ... [V-103's] Joyce Littel is hosting a $500 poetry jam. We may not be able to light candles and everything in there — and you know, be fully interactive —but this is going to be an incredible scratch and sniff kind of experience."

• The other projects Orr is involved in: A musical recording titled "Soul of Earth," with Atlanta guitarist Craig Love. "It's my Neptunes, my Jazzanova, my Steely Dan type project ... with N'Dea Davenport, Omar, Caron Wheeler and W. Ellington Felton on there."

"I'm also still working on FunkJazz Kafe Arts & Music Festival's intellectual properties; specifically this film. ... And I think we should have another festival going by February '09."

• The best shows he's seen so far, this year: "One of the Omar shows at Sugar Hill was really, really good — in part because I knew how he felt that day. His singing was good. He was having fun with the people and the music was tight. And I must say Meshell [Ndegéocello] at Apache [Cafe] — the second night. It was intriguing to me to have her telling them to turn the lights off, everybody booing, and she just played. I'm so glad I was there! It was like being at Piedmont Park when Miles Davis turned his back on everybody and played. One of those moments."