#Repost @theveryblackproject with @repostapp ・・・ Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an #AfricanAmerican #cornetist and is regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a #NewOrleans style of #ragtime music, or Jass, which later came to be known as #Jazz. • He was known as #KingBolden (see #Jazzroyalty), and his band was a top draw in New Orleans (the city of his birth) from about 1900 until 1907, when he was incapacitated by #schizophrenia (then called #dementiapraecox). He left no known surviving recordings, but he was known for his very loud sound and constant #improvisation. It is certain that he was recorded. #EdisonArchive records mention recording #BuddyBolden. The recording, however, has never been found. • While there is substantial first-hand oral history about Buddy Bolden, facts about his life continue to be lost amidst colorful myth. Stories about his being a barber by trade or that he published a scandal sheet called #TheCricket have been repeated in print despite being debunked decades earlier. Reputedly, his father was a teamster. • Bolden suffered an episode of acute alcoholic psychosis in 1907 at the age of 30. With the full diagnosis of dementia praecox, he was admitted to the #LouisianaState nsaneAsylum at #Jackson, a #mentalinstitution, where he spent the rest of his life. • Bolden was buried in an unmarked grave in #HoltCemetery, a pauper's graveyard in New Orleans. In 1998 a monument to Bolden was erected in Holt Cemetery, but his exact gravesite remains unknown. 👑🙏🏿🎶🎷🎺❤️🙌🏾 #veryblackhistory #veryblackcreator #veryblack
