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Buddy Bolden: Life
He was known as
King Bolden (see: Jazz royalty), and his band was a top draw in New Orleans from about 1895 to 1907, when he was incapacitated by mental illness. He never recorded, but he was known for his open tone and very loud sound. Joe "King" Oliver and
Louis Armstrong were directly inspired by his playing.
While there is substantial first hand oral history about Buddy Bolden, too often various colorful myths have croweded out the facts in later writings. It is often said that he was a barber by trade or that he published a scandal-sheet called the
Cricket, but these stories are are almost certainly untrue.
Bolden suffered a breakdown in 1907 and was diagnosed with dementia praecox. He was admitted to a mental institution where he spent the rest of his life.
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