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Willie Gary " Bunk " Johnson (December 27, 1879 – July 7, 1949) [1] was an American prominent jazz trumpeter in New Orleans. Johnson gave the year of his birth as 1879, although there is speculation that he may have been younger by as much as a decade.
William Geary „Bunk“ Johnson (* 27. Dezember 1879 in New Orleans; [1] † 7. Juli 1949 in New Iberia in Louisiana) war US-amerikanischer Kornettist und Trompeter des traditionellen Jazz. Er gilt als die Zentralfigur des New Orleans-Revivals. [2] Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben und Wirken. 2 Diskographische Hinweise. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks.
Bunk Johnson (born December 27, 1889?, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died July 7, 1949, New Iberia, Louisiana) was an American jazz trumpeter, one of the first musicians to play jazz and a principal figure of the 1940s traditional jazz revival.
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Willie ‘Bunk’ Johnson was one of the most controversial, and divisive, musicians in jazz history. Even today, few are lukewarm on the subject of Bunk’s musical ability, his biographical details and his personality. All agree, however, that he was the central figure of the New Orleans Revival of the 1940s. Without his participation ...
Bunk gave them his birth date as ten years earlier than it really was so it would appear that he had been one of the first jazz musicians. He entertained the authors with his colorful storytelling about life as a jazzman in early 20th-century New Orleans. The authors took up a collection among musicians and jazz history buffs to buy Bunk new dentures and a new trumpet. He made his first ...
13. Jan. 2011 · Jazz musician Bunk Johnson's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.
Most likely born in 1887, jazz trumpeter Willie “Bunk” Johnson came of age during the first decade of the twentieth century, when the music that came to be called jazz was just beginning to emerge in New Orleans. He is, however, primarily remembered today as the figurehead of the traditional New Orleans jazz revival, an artistic and ...
