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Johnny Windhurst

In the planting season of 1945, legendary soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet formed a band to try out a protracted engagement in the Savoy Café in Boston. He find the veteran Bunk Johnson to become his trumpeter. The irascible Johnson’s erratic behavior demonstrated a lot more than Bechet experienced bargained for, …

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