[Dixielandjazz] Entertainer/Bunk Johnson - more

Anton Crouch anton.crouch at optusnet.com.au
Sun Feb 19 23:36:37 PST 2006


Hello all

I also have the 2 LP set (Kid Ory/Bunk Johnson) that Geoff Holden (via Bill
Haesler) provided details for. Mine is Dutch CBS however - CBS 88144. It's
a repackaging of two US Columbias - Kid Ory (CL 835) and Bunk Johnson (GL
520/ML 4802).

The credits for "The Entertainer" are

Inner sleeve: Scott Joplin - Arr. J.R. Johnson
Label: J.R. Johnson , E.B. Marks Music Corp.

My conclusions are, (a) to agree with Bill Haesler that "J.R. Johnson" is
not Joplin's contemporary J. Rosamond Johnson, and (b) that the name of the
"other" J.R. Johnson on the Columbia issue(s) is not a mistake but a
reflection of the "other" Johnson's claim to the piece.

The plot does indeed thicken.

All the best
Anton




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