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The Bunk Johnson Brass Band was the first New Orleans street band on phonograph records. It was a pick-up group organized and recorded by William Russell by 1945. In 1946 they made a second session around Kid Howard, organized by Rudi Blesh, but now the name of the band was the Original Zenith Brass Band.

May 1945:

Cornet/trumpet

Willie Geary "Bunk" Johnson, "Kid Shots" Madison

Trombone

Jim Robinson

Clarinet

George Lewis

Bariton horn

Adolphe "Tats" Alexander jr, (of the Onward BB)

Alto horn

Isidore Barbarin

Tuba

Joseph "Red" Clark

Snare drum

Warren "Baby" Dodds

Bass drum

Lawrence Marrero

 

 

Leader

""Bunk" Johnson

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