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	Bunk Johnson Homepage
		Because the story of Bunk Johnson is one of the most extraordinary in the history of jazz, it is worthwhile to describe his life and his musical carreer in some detail.
		See the chronology of Bunk's life, based on the statement that he was born in 1879.
		In New Iberia Bunk is honoured with a Bunk Festival.
	www.weijts.scarlet.nl /bj.htm (992 words)

	Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnson is a family name, a place name, and the name of things.
		Johnson (composer), a South Indian composer of Malayalam cinema.
		Robert Wood Johnson, the identically-named father and son who headed the Johnson and Johnson Corporation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnson (380 words)

	Bunk Johnson
		In the 1920's and 1930's Bunk Johnson spent much of his music-playing time in the southwest Louisiana/southeast Texas region with New Iberia, Louisiana as his "base" and primary residence until his passing away in 1949.
		As far more than one individual has pointed out, Bunk Johnson was a very well-loved music teacher, very patient, willing to joke and speak of his travels in the past but strictly business when it came to teaching music to aspiring musicians.
		These proved to be Bunk's final public performances; despite his passing in 1949, he was not forgotten, thanks to Harold Drob, Bill Russell, and a host of other friends, several of whom provided "homes away from home" for Bunk during his many "big city" concerts.
	www.iberia.lib.la.us /bunk_johnson.htm (625 words)

	Bunk Johnson biography : albums : icebergradio.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.
		An alcoholic, Johnson's playing tended to be erratic, and when Sidney Bechet recruited him for a band in 1945, he essentially drank himself out of the group.
		In 1946, Bunk Johnson led a group that included the nucleus of the ensemble George Lewis would make famous a few years later, but Johnson disliked the playing of the primitive New Orleans musicians.
	www.icebergradio.com /artist/6828/horace_brown.html (387 words)

	African American Registry: An early jazz trumpet, Bunk Johnson
		While Johnson claimed he was born in Louisiana in 1879, it's become generally accepted that his birth was actually 10 years later.
		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.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/673/An_early_jazz_trumpet_Bunk_Johnson (257 words)

	JOHNSON, Bunk : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He claimed to have taught and influenced Louis Armstrong, who denied it, but that may be typical of Armstrong, who always suffered from a certain insecurity, and was not about to let anyone borrow any of his glory.
		Johnson was said to be hard to get along with, perhaps understandably; his second career was controversial, and the orthodoxy is that he was past his prime.
		Johnson no doubt disliked the role of museum piece, and in fact his last sessions at the very end of '47 incl.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/j/J58.HTM (310 words)

	In Old New Orleans: The Story of Jazz Legend, Bunk Johnson
		Bunk Johnson was a fine cornet player, a pioneer in the early days of New Orleans jazz.
		Bunk gave them his birth date as ten years earlier than it really was so that it would appear that he had been one of the first jazz musicians.
		Bunk Johnson died in New Iberia, Louisiana in 1949.
	www.riverwalk.org /proglist/showpromo/bunk.htm (564 words)

	Bolden and Bunk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the last word on Bunk Johnson's exact date of birth is yet to be written, carefull researcher Dr. Lawrence Gushee has uncovered very good circumstantial evidence pointing to Johnson being a good bit younger than his claimed 1879 birthdate-- he suggests by a whole decade.
		Early jazz writer Fred Ramsey said he found Bunk Johnson's name on a police blotter as being arrested during a raid on a dance hall where Bolden played [2], though later researchers have not succeeded in relocating this record.
		Trumpeter Willie Hightower said he and Bunk lived in the same neighborhood in their youth-- and that he remembered Bolden coming by Johnson's house while young Bunk was still in knee-pants, and sometimes taking Johnson with him to jobs, over the objections of Johnson's mother.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/5135/BoldenBunk.html (777 words)

	PORTRAITS FROM JELLY ROLL'S NEW ORLEANS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk Johnson was also a man of considerable intelligence and cunning, and he knew an easy mark when he saw one.
		Bunk mentioned that Theresa Johnson was a cook and owned several restaurants; which may have only been a type of lunch-bar or café, and he knew about the large number of children she had.
		Bunk was living with his sister and her husband (Margaret and Scott Willis), and his mother at 1519 Saint Peter Street in the 5th Ward.
	www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk /portnewor.html (16287 words)

	Bunk Johnson
		Bunk Johnson confused Jazz historians for years by lying about almost everything, but he certainly was an early Jazz pioneer who apparently played in bands lead by Buddy Bolden.
		After this incident Bunk continued to play a from time to time, using a borrowed trumpet, but his heart was not in it any longer.
		Bunk lied about a great many things, including his birth date, so that it would look like he had been one of the first Jazz musicans.
	atj.8k.com /noartist/atjjohnsonb.html (355 words)

	JC-CD3036
		Bunk, Bechet and Foster were playing New Orleans together in some fashion as early as 1911.Bunk dropped out of the music scene for a few decades, but was found again in the 40s.
		Bunk had not been playing regularly for some time, so there certainly are some clams, but that just adds to the excitement.
		On the first of five CDs, there are nine songs of Bechet with Johnson at a rehearsal and seven by the Bechet-Bocage group from a radio broadcast; all have pianist Ray Parker, bassist Pops Foster, and drummer George Thompson as the rhythm section.
	www.jazzcrusade.com /JCCD/JC3036.html (1185 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Last Testament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk Johnson was a highly trained musician, who as the 1940s progressed became increasingly contemptuous of George Lewis, Jim Robinson and the other "emergency musicians" he recorded with from 1942 - 1946.
		In his 1946 trio recordings with Don Ewell, Johnson had demonstrated an interest in a repertoire far wider than the New Orleans standards he was generally associated with.
		Bunk fan Harold Drob had arranged for him to resume his residency at the Stuyvesant Hotel in NYC, this time with a band which he chose himself.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000004BEF (384 words)

	Archives: Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk Fest has closed out its seventh year of bringing jazz and the importance of its contributions to other music to the area.
		Bunk Fest is conducted yearly to honor the memory and musical contributions of William "Bunk" Johnson.
		Johnson, a trumpet player, was a mentor of many jazz musicians, including jazz giant Louis Armstrong.
	www.iberianet.com /articles/2004/06/03/news/news/news97.txt (853 words)

	Bunk Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk received lessons from and began playing professionally in Olivier's orchestra.
		In 1938 and 1939 the researchers/writers of the first book of jazz history,, interviewed several prominent musicians of the time, including Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, and Clarence Williams, who spoke very highly of Bunk in the old days in New Orleans.
		Detailed discussion of research on Bunk's early life and possible birthdates (http://www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk/portnewor.html)
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bunk_Johnson (493 words)

	Bunk Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk Johnson confused Jazz historians for years by lying about almost everything, but nevertheless he was an early Jazz pioneer who apparently played in bands led by Buddy Bolden.
		Bunk lied about a great many things, including his birth date, so that it would look like he had been one of the first Jazz musicians.
		Despite all that, Bunk's colorful stories contributed to the success of the book, and the authors took up a collection among musicians and record collectors to fix Bunk's teeth and buy him a new horn.
	www.redhotjazz.com /bunk.html (359 words)

	Bunk_johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk Johnson's finest : Bunk JohnsonBunk was one of the creators of jazz in the early years of the 20th century, and became an icon to the generations who rediscovered the music in the 40s and later.
		Bunk Johnson play Popular Tunes AMCD-15 : Bunk was one of the creators of jazz in the early years of the 20th century, and became an icon to the generations who rediscovered the music in the 40s and later.
		The initial 8 tracks are the recordings made in 1941 by "revivalist" Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jazz Band...
	music.mysic.co.uk /Artist/Bunk_Johnson (129 words)

	Bunk Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson was a prominent eary New Orleans jazz trumpet player in the early years of the 20th century who enjoyed a revived career in the 1940s.
		Jazz fans and historians still debate Bunk's legacy, and the extent to which his colofull remiscences of his early career were acurate, misremembered, exagerations, or lies.
		Whether he did not say; but while he held Jansen in the palm of his hand, in the.
	www.termsdefined.net /bu/bunk-johnson.html (572 words)

	Bunk Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After he failed to show up for a New Orleans 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.
		Bunk Johnson Homepage with discography and photo gallery
		Detailed discussion of research on Bunk's early life and possible birthdates
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bunk_Johnson (455 words)

	JC-CD3039
		Bunk is more prominent, and better balanced, on the second session, but his tone is rather sour and his phrasing approximate and often hesitant while Bechet, once more, carries all before him.
		Peter Bocage was more consistent at this point than Bunk was and it is a pity that he was not otherwise documented during the era; he mostly appears on records in the 1920's with Piron's Orchestra and in the '60's when he was way past his prime.
		Unfortunately, Johnson's drinking led to the trumpeter being erratic and soon leaving the band, but Bechet (on clarinet and soprano) is in excellent form and there are some good moments on this CD.
	www.jazzcrusade.com /JCCD/JC3039.html (805 words)

	Bunk Johnson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk probably played a few adolescent jobs with (Click link for more info and facts about Buddy Bolden) Buddy Bolden, but was not a regular member of Bolden's Band for any length of time (contrary to Bunk's claim).
		In 1931 he lost his trumpet and front teeth when a violent fight broke out at a dance in (Click link for more info and facts about Rayne, Louisiana) Rayne, Louisiana, putting and end to his playing.
		These first recordings propelled Bunk (along with clarinetist (Click link for more info and facts about George Lewis) George Lewis) into public attention, attracting a cult following.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/bunk_johnson.htm (322 words)

	Bunk Johnson - The Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Bunk Johnson Collection is a jambalaya that keeps on heating in a cast iron skillet -- with new ingredients being added regularly.
		Drob was part of the team that recorded and booked Bunk Johnson's final public performances (1947) and thanks to this team of jazz enthusiasts, a wealth of primary, actual documents and other items are being added to the collection regularly.
		Thanks to the Friends of the Library, the Bunk Johnson room also houses a television for viewing film footage of Bunk and his associates as well as other visual items donated by the Drobs.
	www.iberia.lib.la.us /bunk_johnson__the_collection.htm (516 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Complete Deccas, Victors, & V Discs Alternate Takes (1945-1946) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk is in strong form throughout, playing a consistently firm lead and demonstrating his great talent for melodic variation.
		Bunk is heard in prime form throughout, and his band featuing clarinetist George Lewis, trombonist Jim Robinson, pianist Alton Purnell, banjo player Lawrence Marrero, bass player Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau and drummer man Baby Dodds is for the most part in tune and a hard swingin' group.
		Johnson and Lewis never sounded so wonderful together, and not like some of the earlier American Music performances, the sound quality here is quite excellent despite a faulty piano.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000J1Y?v=glance (882 words)

	Bios J-L
		Bunk Geary Johnson was born on December 27th, 1889 in New Iberia,
		Johnson was a big, horse faced man with a gentle manner whose reputation and popularity rose quickly.
		Johnson, by the way, composed the hits " If I could be with you one hour tonight", "Old fashioned love" and "Runnin’ Wild".
	web.telia.com /~u41602980/biosj-l.htm (2980 words)

	The Bunk Johnson Jazz Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BUNK'S PLAZA HOPKINS STREET Bunk Fest 2005 opens with prayers of thanksgiving for artistic talent and creativity, peace and tranquility.
		Bunk Johnson served as an inspiring WPA Band Director in a program for poor and disadvantaged students in Iberia Parish about 1935-45.
		An award in Bunk's honor is presented to a dedicated and inspiring Band Director annually.
	bunkjohnson.org /main/modules.php?name=News&...&op=newindex&catid=1 (440 words)

	scope and content notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There is also Bunk Johnson material in MSS 519, in the files labeled Bunk Johnson, Maude Johnson, Bill Coburn, and Gene Williams.
		Johnson or his wife Maude; these are noted in the finding aid with Mr.
		Johnson and posters and fliers advertising his band.
	www.hnoc.org /Russelscope.htm (1873 words)

	Jazz Timeline - Part 1 (1859-1904) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bunk himself, as quoted in "Remembering Song" by Frederick Turner, said that both his parents were slaves.
		Johnson who was born in Chicago in 1896.
		Bunk Johnson said that he played second with Bolden at about that time, but Big Eye Louis Delisle said that Bolden was "just beginning on cornet" in 1900.
	www.hooper-home.com /JAZZHIST/JazzTimeline.html (4010 words)

	Jazzed in Cleveland - Part 80 - Bunk Johnson’s Cleveland Connections
		Among others, he found Willie "Bunk" Johnson, but Johnson refused to record, saying he needed some new teeth and a decent trumpet before he would try to make records in the old style.
		As the Bunk Johnson mystique grew, a 36-year-old employee of RCA Victor Records named Mary Karoley, who reportedly lived in Cleveland at one time, went to Johnson’s home in New Iberia, Louisiana in 1942 and persuaded him to play his beat-up old trumpet with sticky valves for her crude disc recorder.
		While jazz historians continue to argue over Johnson’s real or imagined importance to jazz history, we do know now that some of the key efforts to "rediscover" early New Orleans jazz musician Bunk Johnson, more than 60 years ago, came from jazz enthusiasts and musicians in Cleveland.
	www.cleveland.oh.us /wmv_news/jazz80.htm (798 words)

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