Willie Gary " Bunk " Johnson (December 27, 1879 – July 7, 1949) 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. Many jazz historians believe this date of birth to be the most accurate of the various dates Johnson gave throughout his life.
21-804: William Johnson may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Bunk Johnson (William Gary Johnson, 1879–1949), American jazz musician William H. Johnson (artist) (1901–1970), African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance William Johnson (actor) (1916–1957), American actor William Johnson (organist) , English-born organist, composer and organ builder in Sydney, Australia William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), American jazz musician William L. Johnson , American actor and musician William Allen Johnson (1816–1901), American organ builder, founder of Johnson Organs Zip
42-887: A Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Jefferson County during the 1849 session (the 2nd Wisconsin Legislature ), succeeding fellow Democrat Ninian E. Whiteside . Johnson had become postmaster of Fort Atkinson in Wisconsin Territory in October 1846. At the time he took office in the Assembly in January 1849, he was reported to be 42 years old, a farmer from Maine , and to have been in Wisconsin five years. In 1850 he
63-1228: A historic Protestant denomination Science [ edit ] William Johnson (surveyor) (died 1883), British surveyor in India and governor of Ladakh William Arthur Johnson (1816–1880), amateur biologist and clergyman in Canada William Frederick Johnson (1852–1934), Irish naturalist William B. Johnson (mathematician) (born 1944), American mathematician William Brooks Johnson (1763–1830), English physician and botanist William Summer Johnson (1913–1995), American chemist Mike Johnson (technologist) (William Michael Johnson), American pioneer in superscalar microprocessor design Bill Johnson (scientist) , FRS (1922 – 2010) British engineer Sports [ edit ] William Johnson (baseball) (1848–1909), American baseball player William Johnson (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1941), Australian cricketer William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962) , English cricketer William Johnson (handballer) (born 1953), American Olympic handball player William Johnson (rugby league) (1916–1997), rugby league footballer of
84-438: A special exhibit room for Johnson. The following records were recorded June, 1942, and released on Jazz Man Records . The following records were recorded October, 1942, and released on Milt Gabler 's Jazz Information label, distributed by Commodore Records . The following records include recordings made for Bill Russell 's American Music label between 1943 and 1946. Bunk Johnson recorded for Good Time Jazz with
105-554: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bunk Johnson Johnson received lessons from Adam Olivier and began playing professionally in Olivier's orchestra. Johnson probably played a few adolescent jobs with Buddy Bolden , but was not a regular member of Bolden's Band (contrary to Johnson's claim). Johnson was regarded as one of the leading trumpeters in New Orleans in
126-537: Is seen on the only surviving picture of the Bolden Band — affirmed Bunk Johnson as a member of the early jazz group. This puts Johnson's own statements and recordings, in which he actively recreated the Bolden tunes, in a plausible and positive light, making them of great historical and musicological importance to the study of jazz and New Orleans jazz in particular. His recordings have been reissued on CD. Johnson
147-597: The Yerba Buena Jazz Band in early 1944. Bunk Johnson recorded for Blue Note in March, 1945, and for Decca and RCA Victor in late 1945. Bunk Johnson's final recordings were made for Columbia in December, 1947. William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) William H. Johnson (c. 1806 - ?) was an American politician and farmer from Fort Atkinson , Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as
168-1417: The 1930s for Wales, and Huddersfield William Johnson (swimmer) (1947–2005), American freestyle swimmer at the 1968 Summer Olympics William Johnson (wrestler) (1901–1928), American wrestler William "Hootie" Johnson (1931–2017), American golfer C. William Johnson (1917–1993), American skeleton racer Judy Johnson (William Julius Johnson, 1899–1989), American baseball player Skinny Johnson (William C. Johnson, 1911–1980), American basketball player Other professions [ edit ] William Johnson (Canadian author) (1931–2020), Canadian journalist and author William Johnson (barber) (1809–1851), free African American barber and businessman William Johnson (historian) (1909–1992), American journalist, sometimes credited William W. Johnson William Johnson (police officer) , English police officer William Andrew Johnson (1858–1943), formerly enslaved American pastry chef William D. Johnson (CEO) (born 1954), American chairman and CEO of Progress Energy William D. Johnson (journalist) , American journalist and labor activist William Ernest Johnson (1858–1931), British logician William Henry Johnson (valet) (died 1864), President Abraham Lincoln's barber and valet William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), English educator and Uranian poet William R. Johnson (born 1949), chairman, president, and chief executive officer of
189-474: The 1940s shows why he was well regarded by his fellow musicians. On his best days he played with great imagination, subtlety, and beauty, as well as suggesting why he had not gained prominence earlier, for he was unpredictable, temperamental, with a passive-aggressive streak and a fondness for drinking alcohol to the point of impairment. Johnson suffered from a stroke in late 1948 and died in New Iberia
210-944: The H. J. Heinz Company William Templeton Johnson (1877–1957), San Diego architect William Woolsey Johnson (1841–1927), American mathematician See also [ edit ] Johnson (surname) William R. Johnson Coliseum , an arena in Nacogdoches, Texas With middle names [ edit ] William B. Johnson (disambiguation) William Henry Johnson (disambiguation) William R. Johnson (disambiguation) William S. Johnson (disambiguation) First name variations [ edit ] Billy Johnson (disambiguation) Bill Johnson (disambiguation) Will Johnson (disambiguation) Willie Johnson (disambiguation) Surname variations [ edit ] William Johnston (disambiguation) William Johnstone (disambiguation) William Jonsson , Canadian politician activist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
231-597: The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia William Granger Johnson , Fijian businessman and politician Sir William Gillilan Johnson , Irish politician and barrister William Johnson (Irish politician) (1760–1845), Irish politician, law officer and judge Religion [ edit ] William Johnson (bishop) (1889–1960), Anglican Bishop of Ballarat, Australia William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862), American Baptist minister, first president of
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#1732772170326252-1029: The Pinhead (William Henry Johnson, 1842–1926), American circus entertainer Law [ edit ] William Johnson (judge) (1771–1834), Justice of the United States Supreme Court SS William Johnson , a Liberty ship William Johnson (New Hampshire judge) (1930–2009), American state supreme court judge William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge from Missouri William John Johnston (1868–1940), Irish barrister and judge William Moore Johnson (1828–1918), Irish barrister and judge William Paul Johnson (born 1959), U.S. federal judge Military [ edit ] William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Anglo–Irish major general and British Indian agent William Johnson, 4th Baronet (1830–1908), English soldier and aristocrat William Henry Johnson (VC) (1890–1945), English recipient of
273-651: The Southern Baptist Convention William Percival Johnson (1854–1928), Anglican missionary, translator of the Bible into Chinyanja William Robert Johnson (1918–1986), American Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange William Johnson (archdeacon) (1642–1698), Anglican priest William R. Johnson (minister) (born 1946), American minister of the United Church of Christ, first openly gay minister to be ordained in
294-3107: The Victoria Cross Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) (William Henry Johnson, 1892–1929), American recipient of the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor William Johnson (Medal of Honor) (1855–1903), American recipient of the Medal of Honor William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish naval captain Politics [ edit ] United States [ edit ] William Johnson (educator) (1895–1981), educator who served as Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools William A. Johnson Jr. (born 1942), mayor of Rochester, New York William A. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1922–1977), state legislator from Milwaukee William Cost Johnson (1806–1860), Maryland congressman William Daniel Johnson (born 1954), white nationalist, attorney, and perennial candidate William E. Johnson (Nebraska politician) (1906–1976), lieutenant governor of Nebraska William E. Johnson (prohibitionist) (1862–1945), temperance movement leader William Elting Johnson (1837–1912), New York politician William F. Johnson (1819–?), mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts William H. Johnson (Wisconsin politician) , Wisconsin state legislator William Johnson (Seneca County, NY) (1821–1875), New York State Senator and Civil War colonel William M. Johnson (1847–1928), New Jersey state senator William Richard Johnson (1875–1938), Illinois congressman William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), United States Founding Father William Wallace Johnson (1813–1900), Wisconsin State Assemblyman William Ward Johnson (1892–1963), U.S. Representative from California William Wartenbee Johnson (1826–1887), Ohio politician and judge United Kingdom [ edit ] William Johnson (MP for Kingston-upon-Hull) (by 1523 – 1553 or later), MP for Kingston–upon–Hull William Johnson (MP for Aldeburgh) (c. 1660–1718), MP for Aldeburgh, and for Orford William Augustus Johnson (1777–1863), English soldier and MP William Cowlishaw Johnson (1862–1943), member of London County Council William Johnson (Liberal-Labour politician) (1849–1919), English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician William Johnson (trade unionist) (1866–?), English trade union leader and socialist activist William Johnson (MP for Bedford) (by 1513–1558), MP for Bedford and New Woodstock Other countries [ edit ] William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Labor politician from Western Australia William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician Elliot Johnson (politician) (William Elliot Johnson, 1862–1932), Australian politician William James Johnson (Canadian politician) (1881–1949), Canadian politician in
315-483: The following year. Jazz historians have debated Johnson's legacy, and the extent to which his colorful reminiscences of his early career were accurate, misremembered, exaggerated, or untrue. Although in recent years, new evidence has appeared in jazz historian Vic Hobson's 2014 Creating Jazz Counterpoint. New Orleans, Barbershop Harmony, and the Blues , in which is stated that Buddy Bolden's band member Willy Cornish — who
336-659: The public school system, and continued playing jazz, but with local groups such as the Black Eagle Band from Crowley and the Banner Orchestra. In 1931, he lost his trumpet and front teeth when a fight broke out at a dance in Rayne, Louisiana , putting an end to his playing. He thereafter worked in manual labor, occasionally giving music lessons. In 1938 and 1939, the writers of an early jazz history book, Jazzmen , interviewed several prominent musicians of
357-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Johnson&oldid=1234917670 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
378-430: The time, including Louis Armstrong , Sidney Bechet , and Clarence Williams , who spoke highly of Johnson in the old days in New Orleans. The writers tracked down Johnson's address, and traded several letters with him, where he recalled (and possibly embellished) his early career. Johnson stated that he could play again if he only had new teeth and a new trumpet. A collection was taken up by writers and musicians, and he
399-473: The years 1905–1915, in between repeatedly leaving the city to tour with minstrel shows and circus bands. After he failed to appear for a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade job in 1915, he learned that krewe members intended to do him bodily harm. So he left town, touring with shows and then by the early 1920s settling in New Iberia, Louisiana . While living in New Iberia, Johnson worked in rice mills and
420-452: Was a Catholic , and as of 2019 an annual Jazz Mass and procession was conducted in his hometown of New Iberia, beginning at St Edward Catholic Church and ending at Johnson's gravesite. In about 1996, Bunk Johnson Park was dedicated to his memory in New Iberia, Louisiana. Twenty years later, in 2016, the park was dismantled due to criminal activity in the area. The Iberia Parish Library hosts an archival collection of Johnson's papers and
441-407: Was fitted with a set of dentures by Bechet's dentist brother, Leonard, and given a new trumpet. He made his first recordings in 1942, for Jazz Man Records . These first recordings propelled Johnson (along with clarinetist George Lewis ) into public attention. Johnson and his band played in New Orleans, San Francisco , Boston , and New York City and made many more recordings. Johnson's work in
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