Jazz Articles about Dupree Bolton

About Dupree Bolton

Radio & Podcasts

The Mysterious Disappearance of Dupree Bolton and Baby Face Willette

by Larry Slater
May 23, 2025

Every so often, musicians appear seemingly out of nowhere, make an impressive splash in the jazz world, and then seem to disappear into thin air. That's the story of two musicians who had remarkable debuts, and then were never heard from again: the trumpeter Dupree Bolton and B3 organist Baby Face Willette.Dupree Bolton caused a sensation on the West Coast when he appeared, unknown and out of the blue, at the close of the 1950s. He made a ...

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The Fox

by Richard J Salvucci
April 4, 2024

There was once a legendary trumpet player named Jack Purvis who was a disciple of Louis Armstrong. Purvis was an excellent player, but he was in and out of trouble for most of his life. So he spent some time in jail. In fact, so much time that Purvis once led (documented in the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, March 30, 1938) a broadcast from a Texas prison in Huntsville. Purvis led many lives, and was sometimes spotted in odd places like ...

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Where in the World is Dupree Bolton?

by Patrick Burnette
September 30, 2021

This fortnight's spectacular focuses on two very different sets of music--two albums by modern jazz violinists and the two best-known recordings featuring elusive trumpeter Dupree Bolton (they are just about the ONLY recordings featuring him--stay tuned for the details). Pop matters range from St. Vincent to Sparks to Sade--and that's some ranging. Playlist Discussion of Tomoko Omura's album Branches Vol. 2 (Outside In Music) 3:20 Discussion of Ali Bello's album Inheritance (Tiger Turn) 17:07 Discussion of Harold Land's ...