“Did you know Alan Greenspan was a great saxophone player?” says Professor Julian Yeo. “He toured with Henry Jerome and his orchestra after high school.”
Like
Greenspan, Yeo is a musician — a jazz singer. He also teaches
accounting. “For both you need a good foundation. Music has theory, and
for accounting there's the double-entry system. Both foundations
dictate what you do, and they both require a lot of professional
judgment. And without a foundation, you wouldn't be able to embellish.”
“Not that accounting should be creative,” he added with a chuckle.
Yeo started playing the electric organ at age six. “I always loved to
sing. I never think of it as performing. I'm just there to communicate
something. Similarly in my teaching — it's all about communicating.”
January 07, 2008
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As a pianist, I look forward to my future career at the Federal Reserve!
Professor Yeo [or "Yao Jiaoshou"], A "great" saxophone player? Probably only in the general, colloquial sense I am guessing. His reputation as a musician may be enlarged the way his latter reputation as an economist has been. When he was a consuting economist before he joined The Fed his record was.........barely closer to the actual than Melbourne to Perth. Howie
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