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Vor 6 Tagen · That legend was first told via the recollections of New Orleans-style music pioneers, such as King Oliver and Bunk Johnson, who mentored Louis Armstrong and played in Bolden’s bands during the late 1800s. But who was Buddy Bolden? Many aspects of his life remain a mystery and it is perhaps his shadowiness that makes him so ...
1. Mai 2024 · “Delmark Records celebrates Juneteenth with a selection of blues & jazz recordings by African-American artists from different eras and styles. From the muscular style of New Orleans jazz pioneer Bunk Johnson to the contemporary sounds of Nicole Mitchell, Delmark’s represents musical diversity. Swing-era giants Ben Webster and ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Joplin himself had a looser, more “rolling” beat to his playing than one hears in the performances of white musicians, as did Bunk Johnson’s band in their 1947 recordings of items from the “Red Back Book.” I feel this is a key factor in assessing how ragtime influenced early jazz among the Black population of New Orleans.
Vor 5 Tagen · In the 1930s the big bands overshadowed Dixieland, but by the early 1940s older styles were returning to fashion. The popular recordings (beginning in 1942) of Chicago-based Dixieland bands led by Bunk Johnson are often cited as the catalyst for the revival of traditional jazz.
Vor 6 Tagen · He came to the attention of Bunk Johnson who would by many accounts, including Armstrong’s and Johnson’s own, become his first musical mentor. Johnson was probably the most controversial of the New Orleans “kings.” He had played in Buddy Bolden’s band, had exceptional musical talents, but was also marked by his many vices, including his excessive drinking. Unlike Bolden, however ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Cornetist Bunk Johnson said he taught the eleven-year-old to play by ear at Dago Tony's honky tonk. In his later years, Armstrong credited King Oliver. Armstrong said about his youth, "Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine—I look right in the heart of good old New Orleans ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Sidney Bechet / Bunk Johnson: Days Beyond Recall: BLP 7009 1952 Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazz Men with "Wild Bill" Davison: BLP 7010 1952 George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers Echoes of New Orleans: AKA George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 1: BLP 7011 1953 James P. Johnson: Rent Party: BLP 7012 1953 James P. Johnson's Blue ...
