Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on …

Jester Hairston A29 (1901-2000) worked as composer, arranger, singer, conductor, and actor. He is known primarily as one of a small number of African American composers whose work …

2000年1月21日 · But the veteran actor, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 98, never made apologies for portraying racial stereotypes during his career, which embodied the black actor’s …

Composer, songwriter, conductor, singer, and actor Jester Hairston was educated at Tufts University, Juilliard, and the University of the Pacific (hon. Mus.D.). He acted on radio and …

2018年5月7日 · The leader of this merry band is Jester Hairston, the song catcher, who gathered the African-American spirituals of America and shared it with the world. Thank you, Jester. …

1994年1月30日 · Jester Hairston's life and music span the better part of a century, and not just his own. "Even as a boy I was crazy about music," the 92-year-old composer, conductor and actor …

2000年1月28日 · Jester Hairston, who gave up studies at Massachusetts Agriculture College in the 1920s before going on to a career than spanned movies, television, radio, composing, …

Jester Hairston: A Celebration Of His Life In Music. SATB songbook including many of this talented composer's spirituals plus a biography, photos and a list of published works.

2017年3月28日 · The Jester Hairston Collection, which came to Tufts after his death in 2000 at age 98, contains interviews, correspondence, clippings and musical scores from the 1920s …

2000年1月28日 · The world lost more than a widely respected actor and singer when it lost Jester Hairston on Jan. 18 at age 98. To the Hairston family, white and black, he was a great spiritual …