“Lead Belly was loud… He was as strong as Jack Johnson, he was louder than Caruso. Songs climb up some folks like a vine climbs a trellis.” – Tom Waits

Despite being an undisputed founding father of Jazz, Buddy Bolden was tragically never recorded — though Jelly Roll Morton carried on his legacy with the Bolden-styled song, “I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say”.

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