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...past years, the committee has recognized some of the premier artistic figures of the day—among them writer John Updike ’54, actor Jack Lemon ’47 and musicians Bonnie Raitt ’72 and Pete Seeger...
...Wish, 36, started a "peanut-sized" operation while he was both a primary-grades teacher and a moonlighting jazz guitarist in Redwood City, Calif., in 1996. Wish borrowed instruments from friends and began recording his students and mailing CDs to local musicians known for philanthropy, like Santana and Bonnie Raitt. Soon the stars were dropping in for jam sessions. "I was especially knocked out by one of the young girls who I could see was nailing the guitar parts," says Raitt. "The whole experience gave me vivid flashbacks of the thrill and joy I felt every time it was music...
...spectacular pianist-singer Patricia Barber and trumpeter Dave Douglas, or leaven tradition with deep house, like Norwegian Bugge Wesseltoft, or with klezmer, like John Zorn's Electric Masada. If that's all too demanding, no problem: a full weekend's schedule can be crafted with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Steve Winwood and Solomon Burke. No one's keeping score; the idea is to keep the beat...
...this end, Lee has brought in many artists—including Marisa Tomei, Mel Gibson, Bonnie Raitt, Jack Lemmon and the Blue Man Group—to perform and collaborate with Harvard students. Since July 1994, the program has sponsored 175 events featuring about 300 artists...
...past years, Lithgow has bantered with Bonnie Raitt ’72, Pete Seeger ’40 and Peter Sellars ’80, and he says he was always impressed...