TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Bernard Jackson was hardly the only student at Florida A&M who had to miss his school’s football season opener last fall — and the celebrated return of the Marching 100 — because of work.
What separates Jackson from his classmates is his job. He couldn’t be at Bragg Stadium last September because he was in Minneapolis with his boss, the acclaimed musician Prince, helping him prepare for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night TV show.
“I think it was Minneapolis,” Jackson, a 22-year-old senior at FAMU, said. “We might have been in L.A.”
Welcome to life in the fast lane for a saxophone prodigy.
Sax phenom Bernard Jackson: FAMU senior and saxophonist Bernard Jackson was given a full college scholarship after President James Ammons heard him play. Since that invite years ago, Jackson has perfected his craft and his most recent gig was with musical giant Prince.
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