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Bunk Johnson

Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (c. 1879/1889–July 7, 1949) was a prominent early New Orleans jazz trumpet player in the early years of the 20th century who enjoyed a revived career in the 1940s. Bunk gave the year of his birth as 1879, although there is speculation that he may have actually been younger by as much as a decade. Bunk received lessons from Adam Olivier and began playing professionally in Olivier''s orchestra. Bunk probably played a few adolescent jobs with Buddy Bolden, but was not a regular member of Bolden''s Band for any length of time (contrary to Bunk''s claim). Bunk was regarded as one of the top trumpeters in New Orleans in the years 1905 - 1915, in between repeatedly leaving the city to tour with Minstrel shows and Circus bands. After he failed to show up for a Mardi Gras parade job in 1915 he learned the Krewe members intended to do him bodily harm, and so he left town, touring with shows and then settling in New Iberia, Louisiana. In 1931 he lost his trumpet and front teeth when

		1944 (#1) Trumpeter Bunk Johnson recorded extensively with his band of New Orleanians during 1944-45, ... more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMM03 On Sale $14.95
		Bunk and the New Orleans Revival 1942-1947 This has got to be one of the widest-ranging Bunk Johnson retrospectives ever presented to the ... more .. Jasmine Records Label Catalog No: JASM635 On Sale $19.95
		Volume Two: New Orleans This CD is the first installment in Document Records' Bunk Johnson in Chronological Order ... more .. Document Records Label Catalog No: DOCD1010 On Sale $16.95
		Volume 1 New York Nov.1945 - Jan.1946 Although jazz trumpet player, Bunk Johnson, undoubtedly played a part in the early history of ... more .. Document Records Label Catalog No: DOCD1001 On Sale $16.95
		Last Testament Material recorded at Carnegie Recital Hall. First issued by Columbia, reissued here with two ... more .. Delmark Recordings Label Catalog No: DEL225 On Sale $11.95
		Bunk & Lu Included on this historic CD are two rather significant sessions. Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz ... more .. Good Time Jazz Records Label Catalog No: GTJ12024 On Sale $14.95
		Superior Jazz Band This CD reissues the first recordings by the legendary Bunk Johnson. Cut in New Orleans on ... more .. Good Time Jazz Records Label Catalog No: GTJ12048 On Sale $14.95
		The King of Blues W. G. Lewis, Baby Dodds + Myrtle Jones vocals, some prev. unissued New Orleans 1944. more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD01 On Sale $13.95
		Bunk''s Brass Band This CD starts off with a potentially very interesting session, the first-ever recording of a ... more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD06 On Sale $13.95
		1944 (2nd Masters) Bunk's band recording at San Jacinto Hall. more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD08 On Sale $13.95
		1944-45 more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD12 On Sale $13.95
		Plays Popular Songs The first half of this CD features eight trios that Johnson recorded with Don Ewell and drums in ... more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD15 On Sale $13.95
		In San Francisco Geary Theatre Concert, 1943. more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD16 On Sale $13.95
		In New York 1947 Recorded at the Caravan Ballroom in New York City. more .. American Music Label Catalog No: AMCD45 On Sale $13.95

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