PORTRAITS FROM JELLY ROLL'S NEW ORLEANSBUNK JOHNSONHis name was “Willie” not “Gerry”Bunk Johnson was the most controversial figure in the history of jazz. Two of the issues, which made him so controversial, were his claims, firstly, that he was born in 1. Buddy Bolden’s legendary jazz band during the last few years of the 1. Although Bunk claimed he was born on 2. New-Jack-Movement header. George Cole (3) Giant Records (3). December 1. 87. 9, most authorities now give his birth date as ten years later, 2. December 1. 88. 9. Mike Hazeldine and Barry Martyn’s excellent recent biography, Bunk Johnson: Song of the Wanderer, examines the issue of Bunk’s birth date with exemplary objectivity in the first chapter, presenting all the available evidence and hearsay. The case for an 1. United States Census and on an application for a Social Security Card signed by Bunk; but filled out by the government agent, in September or October 1. It is one of the most common surnames found in the Southern states of America. Let us examine the facts. When he married Maude Balque on 2. February 1. 94. 9, shortly before his death, he signed the marriage certificate as William Gary Johnson, probably on the instructions of the priest, as the marriage license was made out in the name of Willie Johnson. George Tripp Chincoteague. Kathleen Woodhurst Chincoteague. Michele Bethea Kempsville. Shannon Benson Alexandria/Old Town Historic. Q.What is a subscription and what is it for? QSO the World COMMUNICATOR'S FORUM. Livengrin Foundation is open 24/7 to respond to request for information or admissions for drug and alcohol addiction treatment and substance use and abuse. George Benson 027312118728. 9786610041459 6610041458 Sex-Rar Guide. 9780756663681 0756663687 Tasting Club - Gathering Together to Share and Savor Your. CUSTOM WRITING SERVICE. The web's leading provider of quality and professional academic writing. Academic level: Type of paper. 790168485220 0790168485220 Standing Still In The USA. President of the United States - Together with Letter of Acceptance and Inaugural. Bunk gave an account of his parents in these words: “My father, William Johnson, a slave, who was owned by a Mrs. Brooks of Houma, Louisiana, was sold to Treasuremore Landry of St. James before the Civil War. George Benson Standing Together Rar DownloadLandry’s property, in Assumption Parish, slaves were paired off to bear children for the slave owner. They married shortly before the war. I was born on Constance Street, between Peters Avenue and Octavia Street, in uptown New Orleans, December 2. I am the only one living.” . Census 1. 90. 0, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 1st Precinct, 1. Ward, SD1 ED1. 17, Sheet 1. B, Lines 5. 2- 5. Details of the members of the relevant part of the household were: Name (Race)Theresa Johnson (B)Gerry Johnson (B)Rozelia (B)Millie Young (B)Relationship. Head. Son. Daughter. Mother- in- law. Born. May 1. 85. 6December 1. July 1. 87. 8 ? Census 1. Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 7th Precinct, 1. Ward, SD1 ED1. 23, Sheet 4. B, Lines 8. 0- 8. Here are the relevant parts of the details on the census sheet: Name (Race)Joe Johnson (B)Virginia Johnson (B)Willie Johnson (B)Florence Johnson (B)Joseph Johnson (B)Chas. Lee (W)Relationship. Head. Wife. Son. Daughter. Son. Head. Born. August 1. December 1. 86. 9November 1. October 1. 88. 8August 1. September 1. 82. 9Occupation. Teamster. Ironing. Labor Ice. At School——You might ask, is this really Willie “Bunk” Johnson? Don Ewell told Bill Russell that he played with one genius in his lifetime and that genius was Bunk Johnson. There is no doubt that he stretched the truth beyond its limits, but the story he told was not, in reality, a complete fable. Besides the actual data in the census, there is the fact that Mamie Desdunes lived in the other residence in the same house. He was undoubtedly his stepfather, and that is where the name Johnson came in. The census records that Joe and Virginia had been married for two years, but she was the mother of four children, all living at the date of the census. It has also been alleged, though without any clear evidence, that Joe was Bunk’s brother. Pops Foster knew him well, and most of what we know of Joe’s career comes from the bass player, who was with him in the Rozelle band around 1. He originally played guitar, then changed to cornet on which he became very proficient. He could make his cornet sound like a chicken, but generally . This was a small reading group that worked in the Storyville cabarets and played on Sunday nights at the Come Clean Hall in Gretna, across the river. When, sometime in between 1. Benson took the money owing to the Primrose Band and left New Orleans, Joe joined the Eagle Band, possibly in place of Bunk. Pops reckoned that working with the Eagles was the death of Joe, a church- going man, as he could not adapt to the heavy drinking that was an essential part of their lifestyle. I found two other references on Joe Johnson. One was in Sam Charters book on New Orleans musicians where he indicated that Joe had played cornet in 1. Primrose Orchestra, a dance orchestra of 5 pieces. With all those glorious trumpets — Joe Oliver, Bunk Johnson — he was in his prime then — Emmanuel Perez, Buddy Petit, Joe Johnson — who was real great, and it’s too bad he didn’t make some records. Jelly Lord himself, but he never even mentioned Bunk. Bolden was a blues & ragtime player, knew nothing of jazz. Bunk Johnson finally played in Bolden’s former band known as the Eagles Band, under the leadership of Frankie Duson (Trombonist).“I remember someone questioned me along those lines since I’ve been in N. Y. Yes, Louis Armstrong is a copy of Johnson & King Oliver.”. Bunk, to my knowledge, did not mention Jelly Roll until after Jelly Roll’s death. Between the year of 1. I’m pretty sure it is along in that neighborhood. The later years, along 1. I also play with him at Tom Anderson dance hall (the cabaret on N. Rampart) and good many more private houses in the tenderloin district. There seems little doubt that Bunk and Jelly Roll knew each other well in their early youth and probably competed with each other for the job of Mamie Desdunes’ “can rusher.”I suppose that some readers are still saying, but what about Theresa Johnson? That is what I meant when I said above that Bunk’s story about his parents and when he was born was, in reality, a rearrangement of his extended family tree. Bunk mentioned that Theresa Johnson was a cook and owned several restaurants; which may have only been a type of lunch- bar or caf. Gary is also another possibility, and there were also plenty of those in New Orleans. There is some other information on the census sheet that should not be overlooked as it might provide a link for further research. Lee may well have been Virginia Johnson’s father, or some other close relative. This then, is the evidence I put before you in the case of the identity of Bunk Johnson. The jury is still out, but I have little doubt that they will return a verdict that Willie Geary (Bunk) Johnson was guilty of residing at 2. Toledano Street, New Orleans on 1st June 1. It has certainly done that, particularly from readers in the United Kingdom and in Europe. Much of the research has been done by Prof. Lawrence Gushee and myself, working both independently and in collaboration. The results of our findings are set out in the paragraphs below: 1. Census 1st June 1. April 1. 88. 7 marriage certificate, age 2. May 1. 85. 6 (1. U. S. Census 1st June 1. U. S. Census 1. 5th April 1. Census, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, ED1, page 1. Lines 1. 2- 1. 5)3. Geary Johnson died of pulmonary consumption at the age of twenty- eight on 3. September 1. 89. 2 at Jersey Street (later renamed Annunciation), near Belle Castle Street, New Orleans. Bunk Johnson: Song of the Wanderer, Jazzology Press, New Orleans, 2. Census; the first for a Willie Johnson (born in November 1. Toledano Street in the 1. Ward, living with Joe Johnson next door to Mamie Desdunes, the second for a Gerry Johnson (born in December 1. Theresa Johnson, at 3. Tchoupitoulas Street, also in the 1. Ward. On 3rd September 1. William Gary Johnson, aged 2. Miss Fanny Bradley, 1. City of New Orleans. Washington, and Bunk is positively identified as the son of Gary Johnson and Theresa Johnson. Census (1. 5th April 1. New Orleans. Fannie Johnson was living with her parents at 5. South Roman Street in the 3rd Ward. Bunk was recorded on the census sheet as “Willie Johnson,” aged 2. Census 1. 91. 0, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, SD1 ED7. Sheet 9. A, Lines 4. The age of twenty- one in the census entry is evidence for a birth date of 2. December 1. 88. 8. Census, but we were able to locate the entry for him in the 1. Johnson, aged 5. 0 years, which evidences a birth date of 2. December 1. 87. 9. Census 1. 93. 0, Texas, Wichita County, Electra City, SD3 ED2. Sheet 1. A, Line 2. To add a further complication, Maude Johnson, the informant on the death certificate issued in Iberia Parish, gave Bunk’s date of birth as 2. December 1. 88. 0. The certificate was issued in the name of Willie “Bunk” Johnson. The only other records yet to be located are his baptismal certificate, or an entry in a baptismal register. Like many other children born in New Orleans in the 1. Willie Geary Johnson in the records for Orleans Parish. The reason for this is that, although the Parish required registration of births, deaths, and marriages, it did not receive a clear mandate to compel registration until 1. That being so, the record that will now give conclusive evidence of Bunk’s birth date is his baptismal record. Bunk was brought up a Baptist, the same as Buddy Bolden, and his baptismal record should still be extant.
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