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== Selected discography == ===1942=== The following records were recorded June, 1942, and released on [[Jazz Man Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/265832-Jazz-Man-2|title=Jazz Man|website=Discogs|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weijts.com/bj/420611.htm |first=Willem|last=Weijts|title=Bunk Johnson Discography: June 1942|website=Weijts.com|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> * "Down By The River / Panama": Jazz Man 8. Recorded in New Orleans, 1942. * "Weary Blues / Moose March": Jazz Man 9. Recorded in New Orleans, 1942. * "Storyville Blues / Bunk's Blues": Jazz Man 10. Recorded in New Orleans, 1942. The following records were recorded October, 1942, and released on [[Milt Gabler]]'s Jazz Information label, distributed by [[Commodore Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/587067-Jazz-Information-2|title=Jazz Information (2)|website=Discogs|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weijts.com/bj/421002.htm| first=Willem|last=Weijts|title=Bunk Johnson Discography: 1942-10-02|website=Weijts.com|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> * "Franklin Street Blues / Weary Blues": Jazz Information 12. Recorded in New Orleans, 1942. * "Shine / Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula": Jazz Information 15. Recorded in New Orleans, 1942. * "Sobbin' Blues No. 2 / Sometimes My Burden Is So Hard To Bear": Jazz Information 16. Recorded in New Orleans, 1942. ===American Music Records, 1943-1946=== The following records include recordings made for [[Bill Russell (composer)|Bill Russell]]'s [[American Music Records|American Music]] label between 1943 and 1946.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/243387-American-Music|website=Discogs| title=American Music|access-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> * ''Bunk Plays The Blues And Spirituals'': [[American Music Records|American Music]] 638 (10" LP). Recorded in New Orleans. Includes recordings by Johnson's working band (August 1944) and a brass band (May, 1945).<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Bunk Plays The Blues And Spirituals |publisher=[[American Music Records]] }}</ref> * ''1944-1946'': [[American Music Records|American Music]] 644 (10" LP). Recorded in New Orleans, May 1945, and New York, June 1946. Includes recordings by Johnson's working band (1945) and a trio featuring [[Don Ewell]] (1946). * ''New Orleans 1944'': [[American Music Records|American Music]] 647 (10" LP). Recorded in New Orleans, August 1944. * ''Rare And Unissued Masters, Volume 1 (1943-1945)'': [[American Music Records|American Music]] AMCD-139. CD; reissued as ORG Music ORGM-2101 on LP for Record Store Day 2018. Includes further recordings by Johnson's working band (July–August 1944; May 1945) and Johnson's brass band (May, 1945); also includes duets with pianist Bertha Gonsoulin recorded in San Francisco, May 1943.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Rare And Unissued Masters, Volume 1 (1943-1946) |publisher=ORG Music}}</ref> ===San Francisco, 1944=== Bunk Johnson recorded for [[Good Time Jazz Records|Good Time Jazz]] with the [[Yerba Buena Jazz Band]] in early 1944. * Bunk Johnson and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band: ''Spirituals & Jazz'': Good Time Jazz L-17. Recorded in San Francisco, January–February 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weijts.com/bj/440102.htm| first=Willem|last=Weijts|title=Bunk Johnson Discography: January-February 1944|website=Weijts.com|access-date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> ===New York, 1945=== Bunk Johnson recorded for Blue Note in March, 1945, and for Decca and RCA Victor in late 1945. * Sidney Bechet and Bunk Johnson: ''Days Beyond Recall'': [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] BLP 7008. Recorded in New York, March 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weijts.com/bj/450310.htm| first=Willem|last=Weijts|title=Bunk Johnson Discography: 1945-03-10|website=Weijts.com|access-date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> * ''Hot Jazz'': [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] HJ-7. Album of four 78 RPM shellac records; recorded in New York, December 1945.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Hot Jazz|first=Ralph J.|last=Gleason|publisher=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] }}</ref> * ''New Orleans Memories'': Ace of Hearts AH 140. 12" LP, includes four recordings from a Decca session in New York, November 1945. Also includes recordings by Kid Ory and George Lewis.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=New Orleans Memories|first=Peter|last=Tanner|publisher=Ace of Hearts Records }}</ref> ===New York, 1947=== Bunk Johnson's final recordings were made for Columbia in December, 1947.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans Jazzman |first=George|last=Avakian|publisher=[[Columbia Records]] }}</ref> * ''The Last Testament Of A Great New Orleans Jazzman'': [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] CL 829. 12" LP, recorded at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, December 1947.
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