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Bunk Johnson | |
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 Johnson in 1946 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | William Gary Johnson |
| Also known as | Bunk |
| Born | December 27, 1879 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1949 (aged 69) New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Formerly of | Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Jazz Band, George Lewis, Louis Armstrong |
Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson (December 27, 1879 – July 7, 1949)[1] was an American prominent jazz trumpeter in New Orleans. Johnson gave the year of his birth as 1879, although there is speculation that he may have been younger by as much as a decade. Johnson stated on his 1937 application for Social Security that he was born on December 27, 1889.[2] Many jazz historians[who?] believe this date of birth to be the most accurate of the various dates Johnson gave throughout his life.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1294. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Tomko, Gene (2020). Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians: Jazz, Blues, Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, and Gospel. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 978-0807169322.