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Anna Beatrice Baker Wagner
Called one of Charleston's "true treasures," Anna Beatrice Baker Wagner was known in jazz circles simply as Ann Baker and was considered Charleston's "First Lady of Jazz." Born in Washington, Pa., Baker settled in Charleston after a career of gracing the stage with the likes of jazz greats Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine and Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong....