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.

Maybe because no one in New Orleans can stay down for long, the blues in the city are a minor, but important, note in the city’s musical history. Even the blues produced in the city are considered by ...

It’s a good sign for a New Orleans jazz landmark. On Thursday, bright pink dumpsters were stationed outside the modest double shotgun house at 2309-2311 First St. that was once home to jazz pioneer ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Buddy Bolden, often hailed as the first jazz musician, is the subject of a new fictionalized historical novel, “The Bolden Cylinder,” by author Norman Woolworth. The novel 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 ...

CD 1: Ebony concerto “andante”; 2. Tiger Rag; 3. Westlawn Dirge; 4. All the Same; 5. Buster Keaton Blues; 6. Devenport Blues; 7. Buddy Bolden Blues; 8. Bay Mr ...