Editing Bunk Johnson (section)

===Career revival and first recordings===
In 1938 and 1939, the writers of an early jazz history book, ''[[Jazzmen]]'', interviewed several prominent musicians of the time, including [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Sidney Bechet]], and [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], who spoke highly of Johnson in the old days in New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.redhotjazz.com/bunk.html|title=Bunk Johnson|website=Red Hot Jazz Archive|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014115013/http://www.redhotjazz.com/bunk.html|archive-date=2017-10-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> The writers tracked down Johnson's address, and traded several letters with him, where he recalled (and possibly embellished) his early career.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Johnson stated that he could play again if he only had new teeth and a new trumpet.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> A collection was taken up by writers and musicians, and he was fitted with a set of dentures by Bechet's dentist brother, Leonard, and given a new trumpet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/early-jazz-trumpet-bunk-johnson|title=An early jazz trumpet, Bunk Johnson|website=African American Registry|language=en|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017145707/http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/early-jazz-trumpet-bunk-johnson|archive-date=2017-10-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his first recordings in 1942, for [[Jazz Man Records]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

[[File:SuperiorOch1910.jpg|right|thumb|The Superior Orchestra, 1910]]