A.k.a. Edward Johnson
Edward “Noon” Johnson was a New Orleans musical personality, multi-instrumentalist, and inventor. A unique figure in the annals of New Orleans music history, Johnson often performed on a bazooka-like instrument—a type of horn he invented—gaining a reputation as an entertaining musical personality as well as a gifted jazz, popular, and brass band tuba and guitar player. Recordings with jazz greats Bunk Johnson and Kid Thomas make up part of Johnson’s audio legacy.