Willie Cook
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 24 years ago |
Date of birth | November 11,1923 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Tangipahoa |
Louisiana | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 22,2000 |
Died | Stockholm |
Sweden | |
Genres | Jazz |
Music groups | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra |
Count Basie Orchestra | |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Groups | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra |
Albums | Three Suites |
Such Sweet Thunder | |
The Nutcracker Suite | |
Anatomy of a Murder | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 670325 |
Willie Cook Life story
Willie Cook was an American jazz trumpeter. Cook was born in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on November 11, 1923. He grew up in Chicago and learned to play violin before settling on trumpet as a teenager. He joined King Perry's band in the late 1930s, then joined Jay McShann's band early in the 1940s.