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Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), 1910-53, Belgian-born Gypsy jazz guitarist. Reinhardt began playing the guitar professionally at 12. He was severely burned in a fire in 1928, leaving two fingers of his left hand useless, but adapted his guitar style to the disability. Reinhardt, who had... Read more
Benjamin A. Baker Benjamin A. Baker
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Ella Baker Ella Baker
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Russell Baker Russell Baker
Russell Baker Russell Baker (born 1925) was one of the most distinguished practitioners of the personal-political essay in the English language. Russell Baker was born in rural Morrisonville, Virginia on August 14, 1925. His early upbringing was not conducive to the development of the... Read more
George Fisher Baker George Fisher Baker
George Fisher Baker 1840-1931, American financier and philanthropist, b. Troy, N.Y. Baker was one of the founders of the First National Bank of New York in 1863 and became (1877) its president and then (1909) chairman of its board of directors. Largely through his efforts this bank became one of... Read more
Joe Zawinul Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul Austrian-born jazz keyboardist Joe Zawinul (1932-2007) helped create the rock-influenced modern jazz style known as fusion, and he is generally credited with introducing the electric piano and the synthesizer to the jazz genre. The Daily Telegraph of London called Zawinul “the... Read more
Baker McKenzie Baker McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie 130 East Randolph DriveChicago, Illinois 60601U.S.A.Telephone: (312) 861-8800Fax: (312) 861-8823Web site: http://www.bakerinfo.com PartnershipFounded: 1949Employees: 8,000Sales: $940 million (2000 est.)NAIC: 54111 Offices of Lawyers Baker & McKenzie with over 3,000... Read more
George Pierce Baker George Pierce Baker
George Pierce Baker 1866-1935, American educator, b. Providence, R.I., grad. Harvard, 1887. He taught (1888-1924) in the English department at Harvard and there conceived and instituted (1906) the 47 Workshop, a class on playwriting techniques and a laboratory of experimental productions. The first... Read more
Howard Henry Baker Jr Howard Henry Baker Jr
Howard Henry Baker, Jr. 1925-, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn. As a moderate Republican senator (1966-87) from Tennessee, he gained (1973) national attention as a member of the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair . He became (1977) Senate minority leader... Read more
Josephine Baker Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker 1906-75, African-American dancer and singer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as Freda Josephine McDonald. In 1923 and 1924 she appeared in Broadway chorus lines. She became a sensation in Paris in La Revue Nègre (1925), renowned for her jazz singing, dancing, and exotically skimpy... Read more

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