Recorded in New Orleans 21,24,26 december 1947. Disclaimer: All audio & visual parts in my videos are the sole property of their respective owners. The videos are purely for entertainment and recreational purposes. I do not own the rights of the music.

Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Jazz Band, George Lewis, Louis Armstrong. Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (December 27, 1879 – July 7, 1949) was a 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. 1 Education and early musical career New Orleans Memories: Ace of Hearts AH 140. 12" LP, includes four recordings from a Decca session in New York, November 1945 New York, 1947. The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans Jazzman: Columbia CL 829. 12" LP, recorded at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, December 1947.

Album · 1947 · 12 Songs. Essential New Orleans Jazz Masters. Bunk Johnson Volume 2 - New Orleans (1942-1945). Bunk's Brass Band and 1945 Sessions. Mr. Johnson, Vol. 2. 2008. Bunk Johnson - King of the Blues.

Filed under Original New Orleans Jazz By BUNK JOHNSON. A1 The Entertainer A2 Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) A3 Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) A4 The Minstrel Man A5 Till We Meet Again A6 You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) B1 Kinklets B2 Maria Elena B3 Some Of These Days B4 Hilarity Rag B5 Out Of Nowhere B6 That Teasin' Rag. Line-up/Musicians.

Bunk Johnson And His Band. The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans Jazzman ‎(LP, Mono, Red).

Venerable New Orleans jazz legend Bunk Johnson teamed with a group of mostly swing era veterans in the mid- and late '40s for several controversial albums. Rather than cutting strictly traditional material, Johnson's band blended rags, spirituals, blues, and swing in with some traditional numbers. The music was largely successful, but the band didn't attract a wide enough audience to make it fiscally worthwhile. The 14 cuts on this CD reissue were done in 1947, the band's final year, and originally released on Columbia.

Bunk Johnson, who tended to exaggerate, claimed that he was born in 1879 and that he played with Buddy Bolden in New Orleans, but it was discovered that he was actually a decade younger. He did have a pretty tone and, although not an influence on Louis Armstrong (as he often stated), he was a major player in New Orleans starting around 1910 when he joined the Eagle Band. He was more comfortable the following year heading a unit filled with skilled swing players, and his final album (Columbia's The Last Testament of a Great Jazzman) was one of his best recordings. In 1948, the trumpeter (who was only 59 but seemed much older) returned to Louisiana and retired. Many of Bunk Johnson's better recordings have been reissued on CD by Good Time Jazz and American Music.

The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans Jazzman. 2 more albums featuring this track. Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (December 27, 1879 – 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 Johnson - trumpet (1889 - 1949). While Johnson claimed he was born in Louisiana in 1879, it's become generally accepted that his birth was actually 10 years later. After getting a new trumpet and set of teeth, Johnson recorded extensively in the early and mid 1940s. His work at this time (1946) was a part of a jazz revivalist movement along with the work of other New Orleans musicians, including clarinetist George Lewis and drummer Baby Dodds. Johnson's temper also became known and after this band broke up, he performed as a soloist and in the movie New Orleans with Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Bunk Johnson died after a series of strokes in New Iberia, L. in 1949. Bunk Johnson This Week on Riverwalk Jazz.