The Loudest Trumpet

Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz

By Daniel Hardie (iuniverse April 2000 ISBN 1-58348-607-0)

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Buddy Bolden, first of the Uptown syncopators, has been a source of gratification for Jazz buffs and critics, who long delighted to have a shadowy figure as the first man to play the new music of New Orleans. He was mythologised and mystified, because it was a good story and no one had heard his music. Some thought to play down his contribution. At least thatwas until, in 1978, a New Orleans historian researched his background and told the story. Bolden was no dream, but a musician who found a new way to play dance music for the black people of Uptown New Orleans.

Buddy's Band shown here was famous in New Orleans by 1900

But what was the music like?
How did it evolve in New Orleans?
What was its effect on the sound that was to follow?
Where did it come from?

Jazz lovers have long wanted the answers to these questions.

About the Book:

InThe Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz, Daniel Hardie

describes the social and economic environment of New Orleans at the time of the revolution in popular music that started with Buddy Bolden--the musical and dance influences, the religious movements and the racial composition of the city.

Buddy Bolden's life and musical development is recounted from biographical sources,and the influences on his musical style are examined.The essential features of Bolden's musical style are discussed,along with the improvisational styles of the musicians who played with him between 1897 and 1907.The influence of his revolutionary impact on the history of dance and popular music leading to the development of the New OrleansStyle is considered and described.

What is in Each Chapter:

1. Background to a Revolution

2 . The Bolden Story.

3. The Bolden Style

4. Buddy Bolden’s Blues

5. The March of Ragtime

6. That Stink Music.

7. Rhythm and Religion

8. Faking in Sharps and Flats

9. After Bolden

10 The Dixielanders

11. Reading the Records

12. Instrumentation of the Early New Orleans Bands

13. Recreating the Bolden Band.

14. Bolden and Classic Jazz.

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About the Author:

Daniel Hardie started playing cornet in a boy's brass band at age 8,later played flute, then drum and bugle at High School, and after graduating in History at Sydney University, played clarinet in the house band at the Sydney Jazz Club. He has a fascination for old boats and Jazz recordings. Since retiring from the Australian Civil Service he has devoted himself to historical research and painting. His first book "Forgotten Fleets",a history of the small boats of Sydney Harbour, was published in 1990 and he has also published a number of monographs and journal articles on maritime historical subjects. He has exhibited his Sea Heritage Paintings in major Australian cities and country
centres. He is married and has two grown daughters. Daniel Hardie's other books"Exploring Early Jazz", and The Ancestry Of Jazz are also now available. To get details click here

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