Bunk Johnson

trumpet · 1889–1949 · New Orleans

New Orleans trumpeter Bunk Johnson stopped playing after a fight in 1931 in which he lost his trumpet and front teeth; the authors of Jazzmen found him and paid for dentures and an instrument. His 1942 recordings with George Lewis made him famous and a figure of the revival.

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Styles

• Traditional revival
• New Orleans

Landmark tracks

• Panama (1942)

Sources

• Source

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