The Legendary Will Marion Cook House In Harlem’s Strivers Row, 1869-1944
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The Will Marion Cook House is a historic townhouse at 221 West 138th Street, in Strivers’ Row in Harlem, NY. It was the home of Will Marion Cook (1869-1944), a leading African-American musician and composer of the period, from 1918 until he died in 1944. Cook was a major influence on later musicians including Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, and Josephine Baker. It was declared a National…
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