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...Well done, senator, and thank you for caring about so many, so much, for so long,” Breyer said.Cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76, who performed with pianist Charlie Albright ’11, saluted the senator before he began playing two Gershwin preludes. The Kuumba Singers also performed during the ceremony.Kennedy beamed and mouthed, “Thank you very much,” to the crowd as he received his honorary degree from Faust. During his remarks, Kennedy spoke of his excitement following the election of Barack Obama, who he had campaigned for aggressively...
...described Campbell as “the baddest man in America.” “He’s attentive, creative, eclectic, brilliant, and inventive—the list can go on and on,” says Miller, who met Campbell after both played for a Kuumba show and performed with him many times last year. “We had a lot of great gigs for our Acoustic Tuesday series, and I really just like hanging out with him—he’s one of the most brilliant and versatile minds I know...
...established history was no simple feat. Wilson explains that the process of becoming an official campus organization entails proving the proposed group is not identical to an existing group. “Because we were singing black music, they said, ‘Well, there’s already Kuumba,’” Wilson recalls. “We had to show them that a hundred people singing gospel music is very different from twelve people singing ‘Love in This Club...
...Malcolm is one of those people who’s involved in everything,” says Thomas G. Everett, the Harvard director of jazz bands. “He’s like a musical sponge.” Campbell plays in multiple music ensembles, including Kuumba, has recorded for the student-run record label Veritas Records, and works in a physics...
Favorite Music: Kuumba, Christina Aguilera (especially “Aint No Other Man”), Kanye...