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Many top executives, of course, are worth every dollar they earn-and more. Says Lester Korn, chairman of the headhunting firm Korn/Ferry International: "The question isn't how high salaries are, but how misunderstood they are." Top managerial talent is a limited resource, and companies must pay competitive rates to attract and keep the most sought-after executives. Shareholders have little reason to complain about the salary of a million-dollar manager who boosts the profits of a billion-dollar company. Says Lawrence Klamon, who earned $429,000 last year as president of Atlanta's Fuqua Industries...
...order of the Earl, "Fatha" Hines. Rather, the Count's talent lay in his knack for organizing the tightest, swingingest bands in the land; populating them with some of the best sidemen ever to grace a dance floor or a recording studio, including Tenor Sax Player Lester Young, Trumpeter Buck Clayton, Drummer Jo Jones and Blues Singer Jimmy Rushing; and later backing the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Although his elliptically eloquent, spare style of playing, influenced by Fats Waller, gave his band its characteristic texture, Basie slyly soft-pedaled his technique. "I just play...
...search firms. With the economy rebounding, companies are hunting hard for proven talent, and creating a boom for the 1,500 or so firms that are in the business of finding it. "The recruitment spree is further evidence that the recovery is moving faster than most businesses anticipated," says Lester Korn, chairman of Los Angeles-based Korn/Ferry International, the world's largest executive recruiter. "Last year was our best since 1977, and 1984 should be even better...
...EVER HEAR the story about how Louis Armstrong got discovered in Chicago?" jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie asks with a knowing wink. "King Oliver heard Louis as he passed by in the street. When I started playing trumpet I would practice with my horn pointed out the window in the hope that Louis might drive by." Lester smiled like and old pro as he works up for his punch line: "Louis never heard me, but the neighbors sure...
...Lester Bowie is visiting Harvard this week as the Kayden Artist-in-Residence, presented by the Learning From Performers Program. He will conduct his final improvisational workshop this afternoon from 4-6 p.m. in Cabot Hall Living Room, South House, 100 Walker St. The session is free and open to the public, and as the posters state, "Experience [is] Preferred...But Not Essential...