William Manuel "Bill" Johnson (August 10, 1872 – December 3, 1972), was a United States jazz musician, considered the father of the "slap" style of string bass playing. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Meta has a page about this at: Music markup MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia The... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...

Bill Johnson in 1909

Johnson claimed to have started "slapping" the strings of his bass (a more vigorous technique than the classical pizzicato), after he accidentally broke his bow on the road with his band in northern Louisiana in the early 1910s. Other New Orleans string bass players picked up this style, and spread it across the country with the spread of New Orleans Jazz. Image File history File links BillJohnson1909. ... Image File history File links BillJohnson1909. ... Pizzicato is a method of playing an orchestral string instrument. ... State nickname: Pelican State Other U.S. States Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Official language(s) None; English and French de facto Area 134,382 km² (31st)  - Land 112,927 km²  - Water 21,455 km² (16%) Population... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

Johnson was founder and manager of the first jazz bands to leave New Orleans and tour widely in the 1910s, The Original Creole Orchestra. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

In Chicago, Illinois in the early 1920s he assembled King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, considered perhaps the best of the early ensemble style jazz bands. He taught younger Chicago musicians (like Milt Hinton) his "slap" style of string bass playing. He made many fine recordings in Chicago in the late 1920s. ... Joe King Oliver Joe King Oliver, (December 19, 1885 – April 8, 1938) was a bandleader and jazz musician. ... Milt Hinton (born Milton John Hilton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 23, 1910; d. ...

Johnson continued to play with various jazz bands and orchestras into the early 1950s, sometimes working under other names. He was also involved in the import/export business along the USA-Mexico border. The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ...

Johnson's brother Dink Johnson was also a noted musician and his sister Anita Gonzales was a wife of Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton. Oliver Dink Johnson ( October 28, 1892 - November 29, 1954) was an early jazz pianist, clarinetist, and drummer. ... Ferdinand BITCH TITS Morton (October 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was a virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of Jazz music. ...

Bill Johnson died in San Antonio, Texas. Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded Incorporated 1731   County Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - Total  - Water 1,067. ...

External links

Bill Johnson at RedHotJazz.com