nPostednon September 6, 2015
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nToday’snfamous birthday is part of jazz royalty!
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“King”nBolden was a cornetist. That means that he played a cornet – and,noh, boy, did he play! He and his band were one of New Orleans’s topndraws at the Turn of the Century, and Bolden is considered one of thenmost important figures in developing rag-time music into jazz music.
“King”nBolden was a cornetist. That means that he played a cornet – and,noh, boy, did he play! He and his band were one of New Orleans’s topndraws at the Turn of the Century, and Bolden is considered one of thenmost important figures in developing rag-time music into jazz music.n
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nSonmuch so that this king of jazz is sometimes called the father ofnjazz!
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| A cornet is similar to a trumpet. |
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nBuddynBolden (who was born in New Orleans on this date in 1877, and namednCharles Joseph Bolden) changed ragtime by making it looser and morenimprovised. Also, he added the blues to rag-time, AND he and hisnbandmates are credited as being the first to use brass instruments tonplay the blues. n
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nBoldennwas apparently also inspired in part by gospel andnmarching music.
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nThisnfusion of ragtime, improvisation, blues, marches, brass, and gospelnis what we today call jazz music. (Apparently the term “jazz”nwasn’t commonly used in the music biz until later.)
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Audiencesnfound the mixture exciting!
Audiencesnfound the mixture exciting!n
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nHerenare two sad things:
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nTheren are no known surviving recordings of Bolden playing music, althoughn there is evidence that he and his band made at least one phonographn cylinder.
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nMuchn sadder is the fact that Bolden suffered from schizophrenia and, atn age 30, had a breakdown and was admitted to an insane asylum. Hen spent the rest of his life in the asylum, died penniless, and wasn buried in an unmarked “pauper’s grave.”
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nArmednForces Day in Sao Tome and Principe
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nUnificationnDay in Bulgaria
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nIndependencenDay in Swaziland
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nBraemarnGathering in Scotland
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