>>> finally tonight, more proof that just because you've entered your golden years you don't have to give up your passion. there's a special organization that's helping musicians who's still got it keep the music going. here's nbc mara skchiavo campo and all that jazz.
>> reporter: an owed to the a train. a jazz quartet playing the duke ellington classic the way teens have probably never heard it before. but just minutes into the hour-long performance, this audience develops a new appreciation to these old tunes.
>> it was very lively.
>> the music made me feel really good.
>> reporter: the performance was organized by the jazz foundation of america , a nonprofit that pays jazz and blues greats for gigs at schools and nursing homes, providing them a much-needed source of income.
>> would you have fallen through the cracks without them?
>> for sure, yeah.
>> reporter: 75-year-old bertha hope that is been tickling ivories since she was a kid. she has no plans to retire. tenor sax fred staten at 96 was born before the jazz age . the jazz foundation doesn't only pay for play. it helps musicians with just about anything from rent to groceries to arranging free medical care , crucial support for a group often paid little over the years with no safety net as they aged.
>> jazz foundation is like the rescuer and the fire department .
>> reporter: funding comes from private donations.
>> this is repayment. this is the one charity i know where you're giving back to people who made the world beautiful.
>> reporter: giving musicians a new life and keeping an american art form alive. mara schiavocampo, nbc news, new york.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/45536718/
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