Walter Bolden

Walter Lee Bolden (* 17th December 1925 in Hartford (Connecticut) , † 7. February 2002 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American jazz - drummer , arranger and composer .

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Walter Bolden studied 1945-47 at the Julius Hartt School of Music in Hartford; worked from 1945 to 1948 at Gigi Gryce and from 1948 to 1950, among others, at Horace Silver . In the early 1950s he was in the bands of Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan , Howard McGhee , George Wallington , Teddy Charles and Mat Mathews ; in the second half of the 1950s he worked with Sonny Rollins , Carmen McRae , Tony Scott , Miriam Makeba / Ray Bryant , Al Cohn / Zoot Sims , Abbey Lincoln and George Shearing, among others . In the 1960s he was often active outside of jazz, accompanying the singer Bobby Short , among others . In the 1970s he worked with his own formations; from 1974 to 1976 he was the coordinator of the Arts for New York Project Create . In the 1980s he played with Ray Bryant, Johnny Hartman , Junior Mance , Art Farmer and the Heath Brothers ; in the 1980s with Walter Bishop, Jr. and Annie Ross . Bolden also contributed some compositions to A. Taylor's book Wailers , such as “Mr. AT ”,“ Stressed Out ”and“ Harlem Mardi Gras ”. Bolden, who is influenced by Max Roach and Kenny Clarke , arranged a. a. for Gigi Gryce, Horace Silver, Tadd Dameron and has worked on recordings by JJ Johnson , Henri Renaud and Coleman Hawkins .

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

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SURNAME	Bolden, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bolden, Walter Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician, composer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hartford, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	February 7, 2002
Place of death	Manhattan , New York City