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Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000

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Personal name headingHairston, Jester, 1901-2000
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Variant(s)Hairston, J. (Jester), 1901-2000
Other standard no.Q5783279
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1901-07-09
Death date2000-01-18
Place of birthBelews Creek, North Carolina
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityChoral conducting
Profession or occupationChoral conductors
Found inAmen, c1957: t.p. (Jester Hairston)
Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa. J. Hairston convocation [SR] 1972: label (J. Hairston)
Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-American and African musicians (Hairston, Jester; b. 7/9/01, Homestead, Pennsylvania; choral conductor)
Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Hairston, Jester Joseph; b. July 9, 1901, Belews Creek, N.C.; raised in Homestead, Pa.; arranger, composer, touring choir leader, singer, actor, and storyteller)
Gaylord Music Library necrology file, Feb. 2, 2000 (Hairston, Jester; d. Jan. 18, 2000, at 98, Los Angeles; American choral director and actor)
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