Bunk Johnson Discography
1942 (age 63)
Bunk Johnson And His Superior Jazz Band
Bunk Johnson, trumpet; Jim Robinson, trombone; George Lewis, clarinet; Walter Decou, piano; Lawrence Marrero, banjo; Austin Young, bass; Ernest Rogers, drums.
Grunewald's Music Store, New Orleans, LA, June 11, 1942
| MLB-132 | Yes, Lord I'm Crippled | Jazz Man 17; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-133 | Down By The Riverside | Jazz Man 8; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-134 | Storyville Blues | Jazz Man 10; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-135 | Weary Blues | Jazz Man 9; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-136 | Bunk's Blues | Jazz Man 10; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-137 | Moose March | Jazz Man 9; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-138 | Make Me A Pallet On The Floor | Jazz Man 16; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
| MLB-139 | Ballin' The Jack | - |
| MLB-140 | Panama | Jazz Man 8; Good Time Jazz M12048 |
* Good Time Jazz M12048 Bunk Johnson And His Superior Jazz Band 1962
= Vogue (E) LAG 545 - 1963
= Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12048-2 - 1991
* Jazz Man 17 Wally Rose - Hot House Rag / Bunk Johnson - Yes, Lord, I'm Crippled 1942
* Jazz Man 8 Bunk Johnson - Down By The Riverside / Panama 1942
* Jazz Man 10 Bunk Johnson - Storyville Blues / Bunk's Blues 1942
* Jazz Man 9 Bunk Johnson - Weary Blues / Moose March 1942
* Jazz Man 16 Bunk Johnson - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Ballin' The Jack 1942
Bunk Johnson And His Superior Jazz Band
Willie G. (Bunk) Johnson, interviewee.
Grunewald's Music Store, New Orleans, LA, June 12, 1942
| MLB-141/143 | Bunk Johnson Talking Records | Good Time Jazz M12048 |
* Good Time Jazz M12048 Bunk Johnson And His Superior Jazz Band 1962
= Vogue (E) LAG 545 - 1963
= Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12048-2 - 1991
1944
Bunk Johnson And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Bunk Johnson, trumpet, vocal #8; Turk Murphy, trombone; Ellis Horne, clarinet; Burt Bales, piano; Pat Patton, banjo; Squire Girsback, bass; Clancy Hayes, drums, vocal #2,5; Sister Lottie Peavey, vocal #4,7.
San Francisco, CA, spring 1944
| 1. RM402 | Careless Love | Good Time Jazz 63, EP 1016, L-17, L-12024 |
| 2. | 219 Blues | Good Time Jazz 34, L-17, L-12024 |
| 3. | The Girls Go Crazy | Good Time Jazz 38, L-17, L-12024 |
| 4. | When I Move To The Sky | Good Time Jazz 37, EP 1016, L-17, L-12024 |
| 5. RM401 | Ace In The Hole | Good Time Jazz 34, L-17, L-12024 |
| 6. | Ory's Creole Trombone | Good Time Jazz 38, L-17, L-12024 |
| 7. | Nobody's Fault But Mine | Good Time Jazz 37, EP 1016, L-17, L-12024 |
| 8. | Down By The Riverside | Good Time Jazz 63, EP 1016, L-17, L-12024 |
| 9. | Dusty Rag | unissued |
| 10. | Maryland, My Maryland | - |
| 11. | Milenberg Joys | - |
| 12. | Of All The Wrongs | - |
| 13. | South | - |
| 14. | Do You Ever Think Of Me | - |
* Good Time Jazz L-12024 Willie Bunk Johnson, Lu Watters - Bunk & Lu 1957
= Vogue (E) LAG 12121 - 1958
= Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12024-2 - 1990
* Good Time Jazz L-17 Bunk Johnson And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Spirituals & Jazz 1953
= Vogue (E) LDG 110 - 1955
* Good Time Jazz EP 1016 Bunk Johnson And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band Volume 1 - Spirituals & Jazz 1953
* Good Time Jazz 63 Bunk Johnson - Careless Love / Down By The Riverside 1952
* Good Time Jazz 34 Bunk Johnson - Ace In The Hole / 2:19 Blues 1951
* Good Time Jazz 38 Bunk Johnson - The Girls Go Crazy / Ory's Creole Trombone 1951
* Good Time Jazz 37 Bunk Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine / When I Move To The Sky 1951
1945
Bunk Johnson's Street Paraders
Bunk Johnson, trumpet; Jim Robinson, trombone; George Lewis, clarinet; Alton Purnell, piano; Lawrence Marrero, banjo; Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, bass; Kid Collins, drums.
New Orleans, LA, February 2, 1945
| T.1 | Tiger Rag | Metronome (Swd) B 530; Esquire (E) 10-151, EP-181; Riverside RLP 1047, RLP 12-119 |
| T.2 | Weary Blues | Metronome (Swd) B 530; Esquire (E) 10-152, EP-181; Riverside RLP 1047, RLP 12-119 |
| T.3 | (Make Me A) Pallet On The Floor | Metronome (Swd) B 531; Esquire (E) 10-151, EP-181; Riverside RLP 1047, RLP 12-116 |
| T.4 | Careless Love | Metronome (Swd) B 531; Esquire (E) 10-152, EP-181; Riverside RLP 1047, RLP 12-119 |
| Sister Kate | unissued |
* Riverside RLP 12-119 Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson, Kid Rena - New Orleans Legends
* Riverside RLP 12-116 Various Artists - The Riverside History Of Classic Jazz Volumes 9 & 10: New York Style / New Orleans Revival
= Riverside SDP 11 Various Artists - Riverside History Of Classic Jazz 1956
= Riverside RB-005 - 1986
= Riverside 3RBCD-005-2 - 1994
* Riverside RLP 1047 Bunk Johnson, Kid Ory - New Orleans Revival 1954
* Esquire (E) EP-181 Bunk Johnson's Street Paraders
* Metronome (Swd) B 530 Bunk Johnson - Tiger Rag / Weary Blues 1950
= Blue Star (F) 222 -
* Esquire (E) 10-151 Bunk Johnson - Tiger Rag / Pallet On The Floor
* Esquire (E) 10-152 Bunk Johnson - Weary Blues / Careless Love
* Metronome (Swd) B 531 Bunk Johnson - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor / Careless Love 1950
= Blue Star (F) 230 -
Bunk Johnson - Sidney Bechet Sextet
Bunk Johnson, trumpet; Sandy Williams, trombone; Sidney Bechet, clarinet; Cliff Jackson, piano; George "Pops" Foster, bass; Manzie Johnson, drums.
WOR Studios, NYC, March 10, 1945
| BN223-1 | Milenberg Joys | Blue Note 564, BLP 7008, BLP 1201, BST 89902; Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN224 | Basin Street Blues | Blue Note rejected |
| BN225-0 | Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat | Blue Note 565, BLP 7008, BLP 1202; Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN226-0 | Days Beyond Recall | Blue Note 564, BLP 7008, BLP 1201; Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN227-0 | Porto Rico | Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN228-1 | Up In Sidney's Flat | Blue Note 565, BLP 7008, BLP 1202; Mosaic MR6-110 |
* Blue Note BLP 1201 Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics Volume 1 1955
= Blue Note BST 81201 (pseudo stereo) - 1968
= Blue Note (F) 0777 7 89384 2 2 - 1993
* Blue Note BST 89902 Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz Volume 1: 1939-1949 1969
= Blue Note BN-LA158-G2 Various Artists - A Decade Of Jazz Volume One: 1939-1949 1973+
* Mosaic MR6-110 The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet 1985
= Mosaic MD4-110 - 1991
* Blue Note BLP 1202 Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics Volume 2 1955
= Blue Note BST 81202 (pseudo stereo) - 1968
= Blue Note (F) 0777 7 89385 2 1 - 1993
* Blue Note BLP 7008 Sidney Bechet-Bunk Johnson - Days Beyond Recall 1952
* Blue Note 564 Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson - Milenberg Joys / Days Beyond Recall 1945
* Blue Note 565 Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson - Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat / Up In Sidney's Flat 1945