[Dixielandjazz] Entertainer/Bunk Johnson - more

[Hal Vickery]

Or perhaps it is quite simply that some guy named J.R. Johnson wrote the
arrangement from which Johnson's version was taken. I remember reading an
interview with Johnson in which he talked about the "Red Back Book."  Do we
know who arranged that?  Then whoever put the information together for the
label screwed up.

Then it goes back to much ado about nothing and there is no plot.

I think this is a case in which Occam's razor should be applied.  The
simplest explanation is usually right.

Hal Vickery

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Anton Crouch
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:37 AM
To: DJML
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Entertainer/Bunk Johnson - more

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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