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Lorenzo Washington, keeper of Nashville's Jefferson Street music legacy, dies at 83
Original: Lorenzo Washington, champion and chronicler of Jefferson Street’s Black music legacy, dies at 83
Lorenzo Washington, a musician and historian who championed and documented the Black music heritage of Nashville's Jefferson Street, has died at the age of 83. Washington dedicated his later life to preserving the memory of the R&B, blues and jazz scene that flourished along the corridor before urban renewal disrupted it, founding the Jefferson Street Sound museum to keep that history alive.
Why now: News of the death of a beloved local figure who preserved a significant chapter of Nashville's Black music history
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- Lorenzo Washington, champion and chronicler of Jefferson Street’s Black music legacy, dies at 83 · News Channel 5 Nashville
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