JOHNSON, WILLIAM GEARY

JOHNSON, WILLIAM GEARY (BUNK). Jazz cornetist (27 December 1879 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 7 July 1949 in New Iberia, Louisiana). He began cornet study at the age of eight with Wallace Cutchey, a teacher at New Orleans University. He also obtained his musical education at the University. His first professional experience was with Adam Oliver's orchestra in 1894. For the next two decades or so he played with various orchestras and brass bands, including the Olympia, Superior, and Frankie...