Buddy Bolden - Tributes To Bolden

Tributes To Bolden

• Sidney Bechet wrote and composed "Buddy Bolden Stomp" in his honor.
• Duke Ellington paid tribute to Bolden in his 1957 suite A Drum is a Woman. The trumpet part was taken by Clark Terry.
• The Bolden band tune "Funky Butt", better known as "Buddy Bolden's Blues" since it was first recorded under that title by Jelly Roll Morton, has been covered by hundreds of artists, including Dr. John in his Goin' Back to New Orleans and Hugh Laurie in his record Let Them Talk.
• "Hey, Buddy Bolden" is a song on the album, Nina Simone Sings Ellington.

• In 2011, Interact Theater in Minneapolis created a new musical theater piece entitled Hot Jazz at da Funky Butt in which Buddy Bolden was the feature character. Music and Lyrics were composed by Aaron Gabriel and featured the New Orleans Band "Rue Fiya". The song "Dat's How Da Music Do Ya" featured the Buddy Bolden Blues.