https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhIEcD_WkA8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Bolden
https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/bolden.htm
Charles Bolden. A man who was one of several who laid out the blueprints for ragtime music and jazz. He and his band members played everything by instinct as none of them could read music. The New Orleans native, born Sept. 6, 1877, was a master cornet player. His admirer and up-and-comer, the young Louis Armstrong, chose a windwood instrument too to express his talent - a trumpet.
"Buddy" Bolden rode the wave of fame for years. After awhile those usual tools exerted pressure on him - the racism, the instant wealth, the excessive drinking, his "playa" lifestyle though married..Typical story of the country boy getting too much, too soon sprinkled with bigots.
Bouts of mental illness plagued him until he was finally committed to a psychiatric facility in his 30s. His mental health continued to decline and he remained under the stae's care until his death in 1931.
A film of his life was released today with music played in his style by Wynton Marsalis.
Learn more about Charles "Buddy" Bolden at the links above.
Buddy Bolden and his band
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