Charles Buddy Bolden

by Kathleen K Parker

Title

Charles Buddy Bolden

Artist

Kathleen K Parker

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Photograph - Photography/digital Art

Description

The following very interesting info regarding Buddy Bolden is from Wikipedia:

"He was known as King Bolden (see Jazz royalty), 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 dementia praecox). 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. Edison Archive records mention recording Buddy Bolden. 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 The Cricket 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 Louisiana State Insane Asylum at Jackson, a mental institution, where he spent the rest of his life.[1][2]

Bolden was buried in an unmarked grave in Holt Cemetery, a pauper's graveyard in New Orleans. In 1998 a monument to Bolden was erected in Holt Cemetery, but his exact gravesite remains unknown."
This statue is located in Armstrong Park, New Orleans. BW image also available. This image is digitally painted.

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July 3rd, 2016

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