Buddy Bolden, "Father of Jazz"
Today is the birthday of Charles Joseph “Buddy” Bolden (1877-1931). This seminal New Orleans cornet player is credited by many with being the Father of Jazz, although when he was making his innovations (from around 1900 to 1907) it didn’t yet go by that name. Bolden was among the first to bring musical ideas from […]
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