Johnny Dunn

For the Australian footballer, see Johnny Dunn (footballer).

Johnny Dunn (February 19, 1897 – August 20, 1937) was an American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] He is probably best known for his work during the 1920s with musicians such as Perry Bradford or Noble Sissle.[2] He has been compared in sound and style to both King Oliver and Louis Armstrong. In 1922, he recorded as a member of Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds,[3] together with Garvin Bushell, Coleman Hawkins, Everett Robbins, Bubber Miley and Herb Flemming.[4]

  1. ^ "Biography by Scott Yanow". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 183. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
  3. ^ Giles Oakley (1997). The Devil's Music. Da Capo Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-306-80743-5.
  4. ^ Black Recording Artists, 1877-1926: An Annotated Discography. McFarland. December 12, 2012. p. 404. ISBN 9780786472383 – via Google Books.