Johnson, Bill (Double bassist)

LC control no.	no 98022506
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Johnson, Bill (Double bassist) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Johnson, William Manuel
Associated country	United States
Birth date	[1872-08-10, 1874]
Death date	1972-12-03
Place of birth	Talladega (Ala.)
Place of death	New Braunfels (Tex.)
Affiliation	Tom Anderson's Annex (String trio) Original Creole Band Seven Kings of Ragtime (Musical group) Snizer Trio group (Musical group)
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Double bassists Banjoists
Special note	Machine-derived authority record.
Found in	LCCN 93-705080: Chicago Southside, 198-? New Grove dict. of jazz (Johnson, Bill (William Manuel); b. Aug. 10, 1872 or 1874, ?Talladega, Ala., d. Dec. 3, 1972, Braunfels, Tex.; double bass player; also performed on guitar, tuba, and banjo) African American National Biography, accessed June 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Johnson, Bill; William Manuel Johnson; jazz musician, bassist, banjoist, vaudeville performer; born 10 August, 1872 in Talladega, Alabama, United States; played guitar and bass, string trio, Tom Anderson's Annex, Storyville (1900), bass, Peerless Orchestra, Frankie Dusen's Eagle Band, and tuba, Excelsior band (1901-1908); formed, Original Creole Band (OCB) in Los Angeles (1913); formed Seven Kings of Ragtime, Orpheum circuit tour (1918); played bass and banjo with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Royal Gardens, Chicago (1919-1923); led his own small bands, played with Snizer Trio group, Chicago (1930s), New Orleans-styled bands (1947); died 03 December, 1972 in New Braunfels, Texas, United States)