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Photographer unknown, The Buddy Bolden Band, c. 1905 The only known photo of the famed Buddy Bolden Band. The roots of ragtime and jazz can be traced back to Bolden’s reportedly wild style; since Bolden couldn’t read music, he adapted music by ear, reconfiguring the standard New Orleans band style to include elements of rural blues and gospel Church music. Bolden’s influence is largely the stuff of myth — before the rise of modern recording technique, he had to quit music at age 30 to enter a mental hospital, where he’d spend the remainder of his life. No known recordings of his band have survived.Photographer unknown, The Buddy Bolden Band, c. 1905 The only known photo of the famed Buddy Bolden Band. The roots of ragtime and jazz can be traced back to Bolden’s reportedly wild style; since Bolden couldn’t read music, he adapted music by ear, reconfiguring the standard New Orleans band style to include elements of rural blues and gospel Church music. Bolden’s influence is largely the stuff of myth — before the rise of modern recording technique, he had to quit music at age 30 to enter a mental hospital, where he’d spend the remainder of his life. No known recordings of his band have survived.

Photographer unknown, The Buddy Bolden Band, c. 1905

The only known photo of the famed Buddy Bolden Band. The roots of ragtime and jazz can be traced back to Bolden’s reportedly wild style; since Bolden couldn’t read music, he adapted music by ear, reconfiguring the standard New Orleans band style to include elements of rural blues and gospel Church music. Bolden’s influence is largely the stuff of myth — before the rise of modern recording technique, he had to quit music at age 30 to enter a mental hospital, where he’d spend the remainder of his life. No known recordings of his band have survived.