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Bunk Johnson

tr, 1879-1949 US, New Orleans
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. William Geary Johnson

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.Johnson 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.

     
Instruments
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
  • Cornet
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • Spoken Word
Popular Tracks   
Low Down Blues on Low Down Blues by Bunk Johnson
Careless Love on Low Down Blues by Bunk Johnson
Porto Rico on The Best Of Sidney Bechet by Sidney Bechet, Art Hodes & Albert Nicholas
Mama's Gone Goodbye on Low Down Blues by Bunk Johnson
At a Georgia Camp Meeting on New Orleans Jazz Men, Vol. 2 by Bunk Johnson & Lu Watters
Days Beyond Recall on Jazz Classics by Sidney Bechet
Panama on Masters of Classic Jazz: Dixieland by Various Artists
The Girls Go Crazy on Bunk And Lu by Bunk Johnson & Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Original Jelly Roll Blues on Irish Black Bottom by Bunk Johnson & Lu Watters
Summertime - Incomplete on Jazz Nocturne 2 - Bunk & Bechet in Boston by Bunk Johnson & Sidney Bechet

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
At New York Town Hall 1947Bunk Johnson, Leadbelly2019Album
Rare & Unissued Masters Volume One (1943-1945)Bunk Johnson2018Compil.
The King Of The BluesBunk Johnson2016Album
Bunk And The New Orleans Revival 1942-1947Bunk Johnson2003Compil.
With The Yerba Buena Jazz Band 1944 And With Doc Evans & His Band 1947Bunk Johnson1999Compil.
New York 1947Bunk Johnson1999Album
1942/1945 (In Chronological Order)Bunk Johnson1997Compil.
Plays Popular SongsBunk Johnson1997Compil.
A Trumpet StylistBunk Johnson1997Compil.
In San FranciscoBunk Johnson1994Album
1944/45Bunk Johnson1993Album
In New York 1947Bunk Johnson & Mutt Carey1993Compil.
Bunk Johnson 1944 (2nd Masters)Bunk Johnson1992Compil.
Prelude To The Revival Vol. IIHenry Rena, Bunk Johnson1992Compil.
Kings Of New OrleansJimmie Noone, Bunk Johnson1992Compil.
Bunk Johnson And The Buena Jazz BandBunk Johnson And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band1991Single
1944Bunk Johnson1991Compil.
The Legendary Bunk JohnsonBunk Johnson1991Single
Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Jazz Band (New York 1945)Bunk Johnson1991Album
Bunk & LuBunk Johnson / Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band1990Compil.
Bechet, Bunk And BostonSidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson1981Album
Bunk Johnson 1944 Vol. 5Bunk Johnson1979Compil.
American Music Unissued Series 8Bunk Johnson & Ollie "Dink" Johnson1979Compil.
New Orleans Volume 5 (1945-1946)Bunk Johnson1978Compil.
New Orleans LegendsKid Ory, Bunk Johnson1975Compil.
Early Bunk 1942-43Bunk Johnson1974Compil.
Bunk Johnson 1944 vol.5Bunk Johnson1974Compil.
American Music ByBunk Johnson, Ollie "Dink" Johnson1974Album
American MusicBunk Johnson1974Album
1945Bunk Johnson1973Album
Bunk Johnson 1944 vol.4Bunk Johnson1973Compil.
New Orleans MemoriesBunk Johnson / Kid Ory / George Lewis1967Compil.
A LegendBunk Johnson1966Album
Bunk Johnson And His BandBunk Johnson1963Album
Bunk JohnsonBunk Johnson1960Compil.
One Sweet Letter From YouBunk Johnson1960Single
Bunk Johnson And His New Orleans BandBunk Johnson1956Single
Ernestine Washington Sings With Bunk JohnsonErnestine Washington Sings With Bunk Johnson1955Album
Spirituals & JazzBunk Johnson And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band1953Album
The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans JazzmanBunk Johnson1953Album
"This Is Bunk Johnson Talking, Explaining To You The Early Days Of New OrleansBunk Johnson1952Album
Bunk Plays The Blues And SpiritualsBunk Johnson1951Album
Ace In The Hole / 2:15 BluesBunk Johnson, The Yerba Buena Jazz Band1951Album
You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night / Beautiful DollBunk Johnson1951Album
Days Beyond RecallSidney Bechet - Bunk Johnson1951Album
2:19 Blues / Ace In The HoleBunk Johnson Joins The Yerba Buena Jazz Band1947Album
Milenberg Joys / Days Beyond RecallSidney Bechet's Jazz Band With Bunk Johnson1945Album
1942-1946 The "Purist" IssuesBunk JohnsonCompil.
Volume 1Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandSingle
Ace In The Hole / Careless Love BluesBunk Johnson With Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat / Up In Sidney's FlatSidney Bechet's Jazz Band With Bunk JohnsonAlbum
Bunk Johnson Brass BandBunk JohnsonCompil.
Ace In The Hole / Careless LoveBunk Johnson with Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
BUNK 1945-46Bunk JohnsonAlbum
"Live & Lively" 1945, 1950Bunk Johnson, Sidney BechetAlbum
Careless Love / Down By The RiversideBunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
Weary Blues / Tiger RagBunk JohnsonAlbum
1944 Vol 2Bunk JohnsonAlbum
Careless Love / Down By The RiversideBunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandSingle
In BostonBunk Johnson & Sidney BechetAlbum
The Legendary 1947 Minneapolis ConcertBunk Johnson And Don Ewell With Doc Evans And His BandAlbum
Ace In The Hole / 2:19 BluesBunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandSingle
Alexander's Ragtime BandBunk JohnsonSingle
Volume 1Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandSingle
Ja-Da / Poor ButterflyBunk JohnsonAlbum
When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain / Where The River Shannon FlowsBunk JohnsonAlbum
Nobody's Fault But Mine / When I Move To The SkyBunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
In The Gloaming / I'll Take You Home Again, KathleenBunk JohnsonAlbum
Big Chief Battle Axe / Blue Bells GoodbyeBunk JohnsonAlbum
Bunk New Orleans 1944Bunk JohnsonAlbum
When I Move To The Sky / Nobody's Fault But MineBunk Johnson, The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
The Girls Go Crazy / Ory's Creole TromboneBunk Johnson, The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
Careless Love / Down By The RiversideBunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz BandAlbum
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