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DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 12 -- North Carolina Central University issued the following press release:
North Carolina Central University is announcing the establishment of the LeRoi H. Moore Scholarship Fund that will provide $5,000 scholarships annually for four students ($20,000 per year) in perpetuity. As one of the founding members of the Dave Matthews Band, LeRoi Moore was a quiet and tremendous philanthropist.
Moore played bass, baritone, tenor, alto and soprano saxophones as well as the flute, bass clarinet, wooden penny whistle and oboe. Credited with arranging much of Dave Matthews Band's music, he traversed jazz, funk, rock and classical styles to make what Matthews characterized as "the most astonishingly honest music."
Throughout...