#kingbolden

New Orleans born Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (1877–1931) was known for his loud sound and improvisational skills and has been referred to as the father of jazz—even though the term did not come into common usage until later. Sadly no known recordings of Bolden exist today. In 2018 internationally renowned New Orleans artist and activist Brandan Odums, aka BMike, painted the first of three "One Time In New Orleans" murals planned by New Orleans Tourism and Marketing to celebrate the city's tricentennial. @NOCCA.Nola  graduate BMike's celebration of the city's jazz heritage is on the side of @LittleGemSaloon on S Rampart.  @bmike2c/  @visitneworleans/

#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