Johnny Wiggs

Johnny Wiggs (born John Wigginton Hyman, July 25, 1899 - October 10, 1977) was a jazz musician and band leader.

[1] Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States,[1] Wiggs started his music career on the violin.

[1] His main stylistic influences were Bix Beiderbecke and King Oliver, who Wiggs insisted did his best work in New Orleans in the years before he moved up North and was recorded.

[citation needed] In the late 1920s he took a job as a teacher in Louisiana and at night played in New Orleans jazz clubs.

[citation needed] He became an important figure in the local traditional jazz revival.