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1. syncopatedtimes.com › bunk-johnson-out-of-the-shadowsBunk Johnson: Out of the Shadows - The Syncopated Times

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   Jan 27, 2019 · Bunk Johnson lived in New Iberia on and off from 1915 until his death in 1949. During that time, he taught music at F.M. Boley High School in Jeanerette, worked at Conrad Rice Mills, and as a groundskeeper at The Shadows. He was a member of the New Iberia Banner Band and Orchestra.

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3. www.famousbirthdays.com › people › bunk-johnsonBunk Johnson - Trivia, Family, Bio | Famous Birthdays

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   About. Jazz musician considered one of the best trumpeters of the early 1900s. He frequently collaborated with clarinetist George Lewis and with singer and fellow trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Before Fame. As a young man, he occasionally performed with a band led by clarinetist Buddy Bolden. Trivia.

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   • Birth Date: December 27, 1879

   • Place Of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana

4. www.last.fm › music › Bunk JohnsonBunk Johnson music, videos, stats, and photos | Last.fm

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   Bunk received lessons from Adam Olivier and began playing professionally in Olivier's orchestra. Bunk probably played a few adolescent jobs with Buddy Bolden, but was not a regular member of Bolden's Band for any length of time (contra… read more

5. webcontent.indianhills.edu › _myhills › coursesEARLY JAZZ: NEW ORLEANS AND CHICAGO

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   Buddy Bolden Band (ca. 1899). Buddy Bolden is standing 2nd from the left. Other prominent early New Orleans musicians included Bunk Johnson (1879-1949) and Freddie Keppard (1889-1933). Johnson played second cornet to Bolden in some of the earliest New Orleans jazz bands and was rediscovered in Chicago during a 1940s New Orleans jazz revival.

6. www.doctorjazz.co.uk › portneworPORTRAITS FROM JELLY ROLL'S NEW ORLEANS

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   “Bunk Johnson did not play with Buddie Bolden, & was’nt [sic] known in that time. Bolden was a blues & ragtime player, knew nothing of jazz. Bunk Johnson finally played in Bolden’s former band known as the Eagles Band, under the leadership of Frankie Duson (Trombonist).

7. www.udiscovermusic.com › stories › best-jazz-trumpetersBest Jazz Trumpeters Of All Time: A Top 50 Countown | uDiscover

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   Nov 16, 2023 · Armstrong wasn’t the first notable jazz trumpeter in history – he was superseded by Buddy Bolden, Bunk Johnson, and cornet player King Oliver – but he was more significant, combining virtuosity...

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   Who is Bunk Johnson?

   • The American playwright Ifa Bayeza—author of The Ballad of Emmett Till, which won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Play—last year shifted her focus from true crime to trad jazz. Her newest play, Bunk Johnson – Out of the Shadows: A Blues Poem was performed November 10, 2018, at The Shadows, in Johnson’s hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana.

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   Did Bunk Johnson tour England?

   • Bunk Johnson once claimed he toured England and his London performance brought a smile to Queen Victoria’s famously sour face. Fact is, no one could verify Bunk’s presence in Britain, but Armstrong had made a famous appearance before King George V in 1932 at Buckingham Palace.

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   How long did Bunk Johnson live in New Iberia?

   • Bunk Johnson lived in New Iberia on and off from 1915 until his death in 1949. During that time, he taught music at F.M. Boley High School in Jeanerette, worked at Conrad Rice Mills, and as a groundskeeper at The Shadows. He was a member of the New Iberia Banner Band and Orchestra.

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   Who did bunk record with?

   • He also recorded with gospel singer Ernestine Washington, soprano saxman Sidney Bechet, and with San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Jazz Band, making Bunk a popular figure of that decade’s Dixieland revival.

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9. www.allaboutjazz.com › musicians › bunk-johnsonBunk Johnson Musician - All About Jazz

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   Jan 13, 2011 · He’s said that he performed with Adam Olivier and Buddy Bolden's orchestras in the 1890s, as well as with circuses, minstrel shows and on ocean liners. Whether or not that was all true, is not proven. Louis Armstrong did hear him in New Orleans around 1915 and recalled, "Bunk played funeral marches that made me cry!"