Word: musician
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...always acutely aware of his own worth," says Gates, who is the chair of Harvard's Department of Afro-American Studies. "He is the only person of this generation, no, he is the only person period, who has been able to be a great musician and a great businessman...
Still, in the late '50s, Jones experienced the difficulties of poverty. A group of 30 musicians whom he had taken on tour was stranded without money in Europe, leaving the musician who had such a promising youth contemplating suicide...
...think because he is a consummate musician he has literally been able to hear and discover what is essential about what the next thing is," says Dwight D. Andrews, who taught Music 131: "History of Jazz." Andrews is the first to hold an associate visiting professorship sponsored by Quincy Jones...
Indeed, Raitt says she sees herself as an activist first and a musician second...
...project is funded by royalties Raitt receives from the Bonnie Raitt Signature Series Stratocaster--the first Fender-brand guitar to honor a female musician...