Herbie Hancock [was] Harvard's 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry

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Link here. The article is six months old, but still thought it was interesting. Despite the title, the position is apparently awarded to musicians as well as poets.

Established in 1925, the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry has been awarded to important figures from across the arts. Past Norton Professors have included T.S. Eliot, Igor Stravinsky, Jorge Luis Borges, Charles Eames, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Nadine Gordimer, http://harvardmagazine.com/breaking-news/orhan-pamuk-norton-lectures-reportOrhan Pamuk, and William Kentridge.