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Also known as Charles "Buddy" Bolden, Charles Bolden

American cornetist and jazz pioneer (1877–1931)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1877-09-06
Active to
1931-11-04
jazz

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Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an African-American cornetist and is regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of rag-time music, which later came to be known as jazz. He left no known surviving recordings, but he was known for his very loud sound and constant improvisation. His trombonist Willy Cornish asserted that Bolden's band had made at least one phonograph cylinder in the late 1890s. <a href="https://www.l

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New Orleans
Place of death
Jackson
Occupation
hairdresser
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
trumpet
Image
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Commons category
Buddy Bolden
date of birth
1877-09-06
date of death
1931-11-04
start of work period
1900-00-00
ethnic group
African Americans
medical condition
schizophrenia
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