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In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz
LSU Press
ISBN13:
9780807130933
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The beginnings of jazz and the story of Charles Buddy Bolden (18771931) are inextricably intertwined. Just after the turn of the century, New Orleanians could often hear Boldens powerful horn from the citys parks and through dance hall windows. Despite his lack of formal training, his unique styleboth musical and personalmade him the first king of New Orleans jazz and the inspiration for such later jazz greats as King Oliver, Kid Ory, and Louis Armstrong. For years the legend of Buddy Bolden was overshadowed by myths about his music, his reckless lifestyle, and his mental instability. In Search of Buddy Bolden overlays the myths with the substance of reality. Interviews with those who knew Bolden and an extensive array of primary sources enliven and inform Donald M. Marquiss absorbing portrait of the brief but brilliant career of the first man of jazz. This paperback edition includes a new preface and appendix relating events and discoveries that have occurred since the books original publication in 1978.
- | Author: Donald M. Marquis
- | Publisher: LSU Press
- | Publication Date: September 01, 2005
- | Number of Pages: 256 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0807130931
- | ISBN-13: 9780807130933
- Author:
- Donald M. Marquis
- Publisher:
- LSU Press
- Publication Date:
- September 01, 2005
- Number of pages:
- 256 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0807130931
- ISBN-13:
- 9780807130933