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Gary Carr
Buddy Bolden

Michael Rooker
Pat McMurphy

Ian McShane
Judge Perry

Yaya DaCosta
Nora Bolden

Ser'Darius Blain
Willie Cornish

Reno Wilson
Louis Armstrong

Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Frankie Dusen

Erik LaRay Harvey
Bartley

Robert Ri'chard
George Baquet

Karimah Westbrook
Alice Bolden
Bolden is a drama, music film released in 2019 exploring themes of jazz, asylum, new orleans, louisiana, jazz singer or musician, biography, based on true story. Directed by Dan Pritzker, it stars Gary Carr, Michael Rooker, Ian McShane. A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
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