Buddy Bolden is a mystery. While the early 20th-century New Orleans cornet player is generally considered to be the first true jazz musician, there are no known recordings of his music. Despite ...

"Little is known about the life of musician Buddy Bolden: He was born on September 6th, 1877. At the age of 30, he was committed to an asylum where he died in 1931. His only known recording has never ...

Jazz Fest headliners Van Morrison and Wynton Marsalis somehow evaded post-fest traffic Sunday night to attend a Canal Place screening of “Bolden," the new film about the early 20th-century New Orleans ...

Bolden toiled on sidewalks and in clubs during a time of encroaching racial oppression. Persevering through the tightening grip of Jim Crow, he was instrumental in synthesizing ragtime, folk and and ...