Bunk 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.
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.
Read more about Bunk Johnson: Education and Early Musical Career, Career Revival and First Recordings, Later Touring Career, Death and Legacy
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