Exposing the legend -- Family history and city neighborhoods -- Schooling and early musical influences -- Forming the Early Bolden Band, 1895-1900 -- Places Bolden played : The Rampart-Perdido area, parks and dance halls, 1900-1906 -- Bolden's sidemen and contemporaries -- Personality and family life -- How and what he played -- Demise as a musician -- Institutionalization and death -- The music and musicians after Bolden left -- The family up to date.
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