Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries and later jazz scholars as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came to …

Buddy Bolden (born September 6, 1877, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died November 4, 1931, Jackson, Louisiana) was a cornetist and one of the founding fathers of jazz. Many jazz musicians, including Jelly Roll Morton and the great trumpeter Louis Armstrong, acclaimed him as one of the most powerful musicians ever to play jazz.

Buddy Bolden was a key figure in the development of the jazz style of music in the late 19th century. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts about his life.

2023年1月19日 · Buddy Bolden: Calling His Children Home 1877 - 1931. If music is the essence of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, then people are the heart of our story. Charles “Buddy” Bolden was born to Alice and Westmore Bolden in …

2008年1月22日 · Charles “Buddy” Bolden is said to be the first musician to play jazz music. While this is debatable, it is clear that Bolden’s music helped form the jazz movement. Bolden was born on September 6, 1877 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

而回溯爵士乐的开端，总是不能绕开这两个人物：一个是“爵士乐之父”巴迪·博尔登（Buddy Bolden），另一个则是路易斯·阿姆斯特朗（Louis Armstrong），人称“爵士乐之王”。

2013年12月14日 · With no formal training, Charles "Buddy" Bolden created a unique improvising style with his horn. Essentially, he paved the way for jazz by arranging rural blues, spirituals and ragtime music for brass instruments. The legend has it that as he heard traditional songs, he would reshuffle them with his own improvisations, creating a powerful new ...

2019年6月8日 · Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of "jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first player to pursue an improvisational style. Much is unknown about Bolden's life, however, and it has been difficult for jazz historians to separate myth from reality, and the legend continues to grow.

Charles "Buddy" Bolden, born in New Orleans in 1877, was considered the first person to play what later became known as jazz. Buddy was known for his ability to sink himself into what fans called “the trance,” where nothing mattered but the music.

Buddy Bolden is a creative genius yet a mysterious figure in the history of music. Despite the missing pieces to the puzzle of his legacy there is no mystery behind the distinct sound of the acclaimed cornetist. Dubbed King Bolden, the "Cornet King" of New Orleans and one of the founding fathers of the city's ragtime music, later to be known as ...