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NOLA musical legend Toussaint visits East Lansing

Courtesy - Michael Wilson

Some legendary New Orleans musicians will be in East Lansing tonight. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Allen Toussaint play at Wharton Center at 7:30. Allen Toussaint has pretty much done it all.Toussaint is a musician, composer, producer and collaborator. He started playing the piano in his house around age 6.

Current State’s Melissa Benmark talked to Allen Toussaint about how he absorbed the music he heard on New Orleans radio stations.

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