////josepp, stop talking bollox, he was rejected by boldens band until he could learn to play with guts, boldens band were not interested in musically literate automatons they wanted people who played with guts, SOUL and feeling////

Buddy Bolden NEVER played with another cornetist--not ever. Bunk Johnson claimed he played in that band but it was disproven because everybody who saw Bolden's band all stated he NEVER played with another cornetist. So your story, as usual, is bullshit. King Oliver was the teacher of Louis Armstrong and Louis was one of the best sight-readers ever. A lot of that was due to Lil Hardin but Louis was already reading by the time he met her. King Oliver had Joplin's sheet music bound together into a volume at a time when Joplin was nearly forgotten because Oliver loved playing Joplin's rags. I know a lot about early jass. And I know King Bolden never played with another cornetist.