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04/30/2014

Music Rising @musicrising at Tulane @tulanenews: Preserving the Sound of the Gulf Region #NOLA http://nola.tw/Qm

04/29/2014

Celebrating at the Big Easy Music Awards @BigEasyAwards: @jeanriess on saluting the best in #NOLA music http://nola.tw/Ql

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04/28/2014

Festival International 2014 @festivalintl: Relive the sights and sounds #Lafayette http://nola.tw/Qk

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04/25/2014

Preservationists @GSS_FGBC work to restore ‘Buddy’ Bolden’s childhood home ‪#‎NOLA‬ http://nola.tw/Qi

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04/22/2014

2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival @jazzfest: Branford Marsalis Quartet @bmarsalis #NOLA http://nola.tw/Qh

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1899 - Johnny Wiggs (John Wiggington Hyman) was born on this day. Traditional jazz cornetist and bandleader from New Orleans, Louisiana. He also performed as Johnny Hyman, and worked with Happy Schilling, Tony Parenti, and Norman Brownlee through the 1940's. He is reputed to be largely responsible for the jazz revival during the 1940's, and brought many musicians out of retirement. He founded the New Orleans jazz club, and taught and directed music education in New Orleans. Johnny died in New Orleans on October 9, 1977.

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1899 - Johnny Wiggs (John Wiggington Hyman) was born on this day. Traditional jazz cornetist and bandleader from New Orleans, Louisiana. He also performed as Johnny Hyman, and worked with Happy Schilling, Tony Parenti, and Norman Brownlee through the 1940's. He is reputed to be largely responsible for the jazz revival during the 1940's, and brought many musicians out of retirement. He founded the New Orleans jazz club, and taught and directed music education in New Orleans. Johnny died in New Orleans on October 9, 1977.

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