Willie Gary Johnson “Bunk”, ca. 1879-1889, July 7, 1949) was an early New Orleans jazz trumpet player who enjoyed a resurgent career in the 1940s. Bunk listed his year of birth as 1879. However, there are rumors that he could have been as young as a decade. Text contributed by users is available under Creative Commons By–SA License. It may also be available under GNU FDL.
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