Buddy Bolden

Dixieland, Musical Artist

1877 – 1931

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Who was Buddy Bolden?

Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden was an African-American cornetist and is regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of rag-time music, which later came to be known as jazz.

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Born
Sep 6, 1877
New Orleans
Also known as
  • King Bolden
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Nov 4, 1931
Jackson

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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