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Money Johnson

A journeyman player, Cash Johnson was among the stars using the last edition of Duke Ellington’s Orchestra in the first 1970s. He started playing trumpet when he was 15, caused Eddie & Sugars Lou’s Resort Tyler Orchestra and his cousin, saxophonist Crimson Calhoun, and performed in Oklahoma Town (where he …

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Lil’ Mo

Lil’ Mo is normally brief in stature, not hitting five foot high, but there is nothing small about her get, heart, or skill. Blessed Cynthia Loving, she grew up on Long Isle but experienced frequent moves because the family members followed her father through the span of his armed forces …

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