Way back in the late 1800s, a young Black kid named Charles “Buddy” Bolden was honing his skills as a musician, growing up in what are now New Orleans’ Central City and Irish Channel neighborhoods.

Buddy Bolden was an African-American cornet player. A cornet is similar to a trumpet but smaller. He was born in New Orelans in 1877 and rose to prominence in the first decade of the 20th century. He ...

Gary Carr stars as Charles "Buddy" Bolden in the jazz biopic Bolden: Where The Music Began, in theaters Friday. As much as jazz could possibly have an inventor, that person would be Charles "Buddy" ...

Five years ago, the future seemed bright for a decrepit 19th-century shotgun house that was once home to a jazz legend. A New Orleans-born R&B star pledged to protect the vulnerable property by ...

As much as jazz could possibly have an inventor, that person would be Charles "Buddy" Bolden. But although he is celebrated as a seminal figure in jazz at the turn of the 20th century, very little is ...

As much as jazz could possibly have an inventor, that person would be Charles "Buddy" Bolden. But although he is celebrated as a seminal figure in jazz at the turn of the 20th century, very little is ...

Decorated jazz composer Wynton Marsalis talks about creating music inspired by an artist he's never heard play, Charles "Buddy" Bolden, for the... Wynton Marsalis Imagines Buddy Bolden's Jazz ...