Biography

Bunk Johnson & His Band
Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1974
Members: Garvin Bushell, Danny Barker, Wellman Braud, Ed Cuffee, Bunk Johnson, Alphonse Steele, Don Kirkpatrick (4)
Band assembled by Bunk Johnson in the fall of 1947. Performed at the Stuyvesant Casino in New York in November and December, 1947. Recorded The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans Jazzman December 23, 24, and 26, 1947, at the Carnegie Recital Hall.