Robert Perry's mention of the 1950s LP makes me think that perhaps
we are confusing Buck Johnson, who I must admit I've never heard of,
to Bunk Johnson, the black American trumpet player who was part of
the great New Orleans jazz revival in the 1940s.
Cheers, Tony Dellaway
[ Most web sites misspell the name of Willie G. "Bunk" Johnson
[ (1889?-1949). A good biography is at
[ http://www.theiceberg.com/artist/24142/bunk_johnson.html.
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[ The trombonist I incorrectly recalled as a New Orleans musician
[ actually was Buck Johnson of San Francisco, active with S.F.
[ region jazz bands in the 1940s and '50s. -- Robbie
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