Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949

LC control no.	n 87119522
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Johnson, William Geary, 1879-1949 Johnson, Willie Geary, 1879-1949
Birth date	1879-12-27
Death date	1949-07-07
Place of birth	New Orleans (La.)
Place of death	New Iberia (La.)
Field of activity	Jazz
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Trumpet players Cornet players Band directors
Found in	His Bunk Johnson & his New Orleans jazz band [SR] 1985?: labels (Bunk Johnson) container (b. New Orleans, 12-27-1879; d. New Iberia, 7-7-49; jazz trumpeter) LC database, Nov. 25, 1999 (hdg.: Johnson, William Geary, 1879-1949; usage: Bunk Johnson, Willie Geary "Bunk" Johnson) Grove music online, December 13, 2016 (Johnson, Bunk (Willie Gary); born December 27, 1879?, New Orleans; died July 7, 1949, New Iberia, LA; American jazz trumpeter, cornettist and bandleader; Johnson claimed to have been born in 1879 and, despite research suggesting that it might have been ten years later, the evidence of contemporary musicians suggests that the earlier date is true) Oxford music online, December 13, 2016: Encyclopedia of popular music (Johnson, Bunk; born William Geary Johnson, December 27, 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana; died July 7, 1949, New Iberia, Louisiana; jazz trumpeter) Wikipedia, December 13, 2016 (Willie Gary "Bunk" Johnson; born December 27, 1879, New Orleans, Louisiana; died July 7, 1949, New Iberia; a prominent jazz trumpeter in New Orleans; gave the year of his birth as 1879, although there is speculation that he may have been younger by as much as a decade)