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Bunk Johnson

Born
December 27, 1889
in New Orleans, LA 
Active Decades
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by Scott Yanow
Due to the difference of opinion between his followers (who claimed he was a brilliant stylist) and his detractors (who felt that his playing was worthless), Bunk Johnson was a controversial figure in the mid-'40s, when he made a most unlikely comeback. The truth is somewhere in between.



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