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satchmo summerfest

08/01/2015

#‎Satchmo‬ SummerFest @satchmofest 2015 is off to a swinging, sultry start http://nola.tw/U0

07/25/2015

Total Experience Gospel Choir returns to a still-distressed New Orleans #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tz

Miguel

07/23/2015

Sexy singer @Miguel goes from lust to #LOVE http://nola.tw/Ty

Lil' Wayne

07/18/2015

@CashMoney 101: @LilTunechi, @BIRDMAN5STAR and the history of Cash Money Records #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tw

Soul Asylum

07/15/2015

Soul Man: Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner looks back, thinks forward #NOLA http://nola.tw/Tu

Louisiana Today

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1923 - John (Willie) Cook was born on this day. He was a lead trumpeter and a native of Tangipahoa, Louisiana. During his long career he played lead for such jazz luminaries as Duke Ellington, Johnny Hartman, and Count Basie. He also has played with Earl "Fatha" Hinds, Jimmy Lunceford, B.B. King, and Dizzy Gillespie. He moved to Sweden in 1982. He passed away in 2000.