DUNN, JOHN (JOHNNY
). Jazz cornetist/trumpeter ( in Memphis, Tennessee; in Paris, France). He obtained his musical education at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his professional career playing in vaudeville shows in a local theater of Memphis, Tennessee. Thereafter he played with various groups, including
W. C. Handy
(c1916-c1920),
Mamie Smith's
Jazz Hounds (1920-21), and
Will Vodery's
Plantation Orchestra (1922-24). During...
DUNN, JOHN
(1897–1937)> JAZZ CORNETIST/TRUMPETER