
Bolden
2019 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 4.2
New Orleans cornet player Buddy Bolden becomes a key figure in the birth of jazz, influencing countless musicians for decades to come.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-05-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 (18 votes)
Themes
- jazz
- asylum
- new orleans, louisiana
- jazz singer or musician
- biography
- based on true story
- trumpet
- psychiatry
- ragtime
- 19th century
- 1900s
Cast & crew

Gary Carr
as Buddy Bolden

Michael Rooker
as Pat McMurphy

Ian McShane
as Judge Perry

Yaya DaCosta
as Nora Bolden

Ser'Darius Blain
as Willie Cornish

Reno Wilson
as Louis Armstrong

Kelvin Harrison Jr.
as Frankie Dusen

Erik LaRay Harvey
as Bartley

Robert Ri'chard
as George Baquet

Karimah Westbrook
as Alice Bolden
Directed by Dan Pritzker