In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz
by Donald M. Marquis
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Author: Donald M. MarquisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-04
ISBN: 0807118575
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
I'm astonished and heartened that this extraordinary book has been re-published. I would suppose that everyone who has heard Oliver, Armstrong, Bechet, Morton et al. has heard of Buddy Bolden, "the most powerful cornet player that ever was hoid, or ever was known" (Morton in his Library of Congress recordings). Unfortunately, he never was recorded, except, maybe, some say, for a paper disc, back around 1902 or 1905, right before they put him in the insane asylum. The big bang of jazz.
What makes this book remarkable, though, aside from its subject, is how painstakingly the author has documented his search. And, I rush to add, entertainingly. I don't know of another book in which we hear every detail of archival and courthouse searching and enjoy every paragraph, as we do here. It all adds, in fact, to the fascination and pathos associated with this first figure of jazz music, and indeed with the passage of time and the loss of most things and most of us in it.
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