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Little is known about the life of musician Buddy Bolden:

He was born on September 6, 1877.
At the age of 30, he was committed to an asylum where he died in 1931.
His only known recording has never been found.

He invented Jazz.

BOLDEN, an upcoming drama directed by Dan Pritzker, imagines the compelling, powerful and tragic journey of Buddy Bolden, the unsung American hero who invented Jazz. With little biographical information and no found recordings of his music, the film’s narrative composes fragmented memories of his past, against the political and social context in which his revolutionary music was conceived. The birth of jazz was the birth of American popular culture influencing everything that followed in its wake - from Louis Armstrong to Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Fugees and Dr. Dre, Bolden is where it all began.

Starring Gary Carr as Bolden, and with original music written, arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis, BOLDEN invites you to experience the long lost world of New Orleans in the early 1900s - a world fueled by passion, greed and musical genius. The film co-stars Erik LaRay Harvey, Yaya DaCosta, Ian McShane and Michael Rooker. BOLDEN will be released theatrically in the US on May 3rd, 2019.

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charles

Gary Carr

Bolden

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bartley

Erik La Ray Harvey

Bartley, American Entrepreneur

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nora

Yaya DaCosta

Nora Bolden, Wife of Bolden

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louis

Reno Wilson

Louis Armstrong, Trumpeter

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george

Robert Ri'chard

George Baquet, Clarinetist

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pat

Michael Rooker

Pat McMurphy, Enforcer

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judge

Ian McShane

Hon. Leander Perry, Chief Judge - Orleans Parish

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alice

Karimah Westbrook

Alice Bolden, Mother of Bolden

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willie

Breon Pugh

Willie Warner, Childhood Friend and Clarinetist

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grace

Kearia Schroeder

Grace, Bolden's Muse

Original music composed and performed by Wynton Marsalis.

“New Orleans between 1885 and 1910 was a place like no other; jazz was born there amid a diversity of people, philosophies, and possibilities, and has proven the most definitive artistic symbol of American democracy”
—Wynton Marsalis

Come On Children Bolden Jump You Rascal You Russian Lullaby Stardust Timelessness Phantasmagoric Bordello Ballet Shake It High, Shake It Low

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