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Buddy Bolden
Born: September 6, 1877
Died: November 4, 1931 (aged 54)
Bio: Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden was an African-American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of rag-time music, or "jass", which later came to be known as jazz.