"60 Minutes" preview: "Joy in the Congo"

April 6, 2012 7:34 AM

"60 Minutes" Correspondent Bob Simon discusses his upcoming report on the only all-black orchestra in the world in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa.

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