Word: bolden
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doubters began looking around for a successor. Most of them favored Brother Bolden, onetime president of Los Angeles' Realty Owners Association. But they reckoned without Brother Edward. He emerged from the colony swimming pool one morning, announced that he had seen a vision. The ghost of Brother Isaiah had appeared, said he was still running the colony, would deliver his orders through Brother Edward. Twenty-six "Immortals" bowed to the revelation. Four teen skeptics suspended judgment while a committee visited the grave to look for signs of an upheaval, found the long furrows undisturbed...
When an authentic history of hot jazz is written it will include the name of a legendary Buddy Bolden, a Negro trumpeter from the Rampart Street section of New Orleans who as long ago as 1910 persisted in interpolating wild, melancholy notes not written in his scores. He ended in an insane asylum. The jazz history will also tell about William Christopher Handy who brought "St. Louis Blues" north from Memphis, and about the Negro bands whose frenzied improvisations took the Barbary Coast by storm, inspired Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis and countless other white-skinned imitators...
...real "hot" jazz will be shown as coming from Negro performers like mad Buddy Bolden-free-lance trumpeters, saxophonists and trombone players who started the hot jazz cult which today has such heroes as Cab Galloway, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington. Galloway and Armstrong are predominantly showmen. Galloway plays no instrument, sings with his orchestra in a bleating, high-pitched voice, relies partly for his effects on his white dress-suit with ludicrously long tails. Windy, muggle-smoking Louis Armstrong has never had patience or skill to build an orchestra of his own. He is happy strutting before any good...
...lighter part of the program, Harry Bolden, a negro entertainer, has been secured to dance, sing, and give monologues. He will be assisted at the piano by Win Danielson. Newell and Hart, a comedy team, will also perform. It had been hoped to have a quartet from the Instrumental Clubs, but they will be unable to appear, as they are assisting the Hasty Pudding Club in its show tonight. Ashtrays and pipes, inscribed with "H '36" will be given away as souvenirs. There will be refreshments and cigarettes on every table...
...Viking Orchestra, a Freshman organization, has been socured to supply the music. There will also be a quartet from the Instrumental Clubs whose personnel has not been completed as yet. Although Neal O'Hara '15 will be unable to give a speech, the services of Harry Bolden, the negro entertainer, who is a jack of all trades, have been engaged. The entertainment committee, including Shepherd Brooks '36, J. F. Ducey, Jr. '36, and W. D. Hardwick '36, is planning one other amusement, the nature of which will be announced later...