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Buddy Bolden

1877 - 1931

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Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries and later jazz scholars as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came to be known as jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buddy Bolden is the 1,052nd most popular musician (up from 1,056th in 2019), the 5,503rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,156th in 2019) and the 358th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Buddy Bolden ranks 1,052 out of 3,175. Before him are Magne Furuholmen, John Lurie, Pino Donaggio, Rick James, Manny Charlton, and George Duke. After him are Doug Clifford, Tony Thompson, Tommy Dorsey, Sabicas, Roy Buchanan, and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Buddy Bolden ranks 113. Before him are Giuseppe Volpi, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Filippos Karvelas, Ivy Lee, Elin Pelin, and Victor Willems. After him are Henri Hazebrouck, Yan Huiqing, James Montgomery Flagg, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Walter Sutton, and Slava Raškaj. Among people deceased in 1931, Buddy Bolden ranks 90. Before him are Alwin Berger, Jacques Herbrand, Selma Rıza, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Teresa Claramunt Creus, and Tommaso Tittoni. After him are Constantin von Economo, Oskar Minkowski, Dmitri Egorov, Lya De Putti, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, and Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buddy Bolden ranks 5,503 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Cummings (1910), George Duke (1946), Christopher Atkins (1961), Jerry Hall (1956), John Trumbull (1756), and Jack Sharkey (1902). After him are William Hickey (1927), Lee Haney (1959), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), Doug Clifford (1945), Bill Bryson (1951), and Dick Miller (1928).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Buddy Bolden ranks 358. Before him are Linda Perry (1965), Cecil Taylor (1929), Jack DeJohnette (1942), John Lurie (1952), Rick James (1948), and George Duke (1946). After him are Doug Clifford (1945), Tony Thompson (1954), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Roy Buchanan (1939), David Sanborn (1945), and Billy Hart (1940).

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