[Dixielandjazz] Entertainer/Bunk Johnson - more

[D and R Hardie]

Hi  Anton and all.
Someone mentioned the Red Back Book arrangement  said to be used by 
Bunk for the recording date. The head of the 1st Violin score of the  
arrangement in the RBB states SCOTT JOPLIN arr. D.S. De Lisle.
I don't think Bunk played the RBB arrangement too literally. Could 
J.R.Johnson be one of Bunk's relatives or a pseudonym?
regards
Dan Hardie
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~darnhard/EarlyJazzHistory.html


On Monday, February 20, 2006, at 06:36  PM, Anton Crouch wrote:

> 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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