OffBeat Magazine - On this day we remember the late Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, born September 15, 1950, pictured here at the 1993 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (photo by Syndey
New Orleans Jazz Museum - Remembering brass band legend Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, who passed away on this day in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2004 at age 53. 📸: Tuba Fats, by
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