Tag: Bunk Johnson

From the Studio #4 – Alexander’s Ragtime Band – I don’t know if it is this, White Christmas, or maybe another tune that was the most successful in the eyes of their composer, Irving Berlin (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #177 – Creole Blues – Today it’s the other Dodds, the brother of Johnny, who is in focus. Warren “Baby” Dodds, six years younger than Johnny, had a tough beginning. When he had learned to play drums and wanted to sit in with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #49 – Careless Love. This record is an invitation to join an alternative musical universe, populated by so called “moldy figs” the enthusiasts of the revival movement. I have for many years myself been a member of the Swedish Bunk Johnson Society (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Let the Good Times Roll #21 – Bunk Johnson – 2. Här är den utlovade del 2 av min presentation av trumpetaren Bunk Johnson, ursprungligen publicerad i “Hot News” 1986. (…) läs merläs mer

Let the Good Times Roll #20 – Bunk Johnson – 1. Till de två första numren av Hot News 1986 skrev jag en artikel om trumpetaren Bunk Johnson. Det var samma år som man bildade ett exklusivt sällskap till legendarens minne i Stockholm. Här följer den i två delar som lördags och (…) läs merläs mer