like how Mississippi Valley was his first experience in a college music department equipped with full instrumentation; how he became director of bands at Black Virginia State College, now Virginia ...
The influence of Black culture can be seen in blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, and hip hop as we know it today, according to Dr. Shelby Chipman, director of bands and music professor at Florida A&M ...
He was the first Black musician to be hired as music director on the annual Oscar telecast. In 1967, he became the first Black composer to receive an Oscar nomination for best original song.
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