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...entered New York City's elite Juilliard School the following year and immediately began sitting in with bands at local jazz clubs. Pianist James Williams, 38, recalls the time that Marsalis, sporting an Afro and long sideburns, showed up at McHale's and sat in with drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. "Really, we were very excited," says Williams. "We all knew he was going to be great." Marsalis knew it too. "He wasn't arrogant; he was just so self-assured," says McCarthy, who was by then studying at Barnard College. "He knew that by meeting the right people...
...event, attended by a crowd of about 50, was part of this weekend's conference on Afro-American Religion and Politics...
...Afro-American religious scholars and political scientists met last night to kick off a three-day discussion on the role of religion in meeting contemporary political and social crises facing Black Americans...
Kilson said that the "new elite" were indifferent to the problems of poor Afro-Americans...
...Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brendan A. Maher and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III--for at least a few seconds as they stood outside the Faculty Club entrance early yesterday. The three were there to attend a one-day conference on Afro-American Studies, and, after a brief conference, apparently decided that Bok--who was the senior official--should hold the door...