Bunk Johnson - Bunk and the New Orleans Revival 1942-1947

A valuable core sample of Bunk Johnson's remarkable career as living relic and patriarch of the traditional jazz revitalization movement of the 1940s, Bunk And The New Orleans Revival 1942-1947 contains some two and a quarter hours of austere New Orleans polyphony. This two-for-the-price-of-one package includes authentic street parade jazz, a swell taste of how Johnson sounded filling in for Lu Watters with The Yerba Buena Jazz Band, and two powerful examples of Johnson's brief collaboration with Sidney Bechet. Read More