New Orleans Holy Grail~Buddy Bolden

Charles “Buddy” Bolden was born in New Orleans in 1877 and died a tragic death in 1907 at age 54.  Bolden was a gifted cornetist whose career was cut short after being institutionalized at the age of 30 for alcohol-induced psychosis.  He was instrumental in the founding of jazz, or jass as it was first known,  and influenced Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, and a young Louis Armstrong, to name just a few. There are no known recordings of his work.
100% cotton rag paper, archival pigment
14" x 11”