Buddy Gilmore

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Buddy Gilmore, sometimes spelled Buddie Gilmore, (born 1880) was a jazz drummer. [1] He deployed a greatly expanded drum kit as part of his vaudeville performances and was a showman as part of popular orchestras. [2] The Prince of Wales took lessons from him and performed with him. [3]

He was born in North Carolina.

Victor Talking Machine Company recorded him as part of the Europe's Society Orchestra performing "Castle House Rag". [4]

The Whitney Museum of American Art has a photograph of him. [5] John Gutmann painted a portrait of him in 1925. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Brennan, Matt (January 10, 2020). Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-068389-4 – via pages 65, 124, 125.
  2. ↑ Badger, Reid (January 12, 1995). A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-534520-9 – via pages 105, 113, 124, 177.
  3. ↑ Parsonage), Catherine Tackley (nee (July 5, 2017). The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935. Routledge. ISBN   9781351544757 – via page 158.
  4. ↑ "CONTENTdm". collections.hvvacc.org.
  5. ↑ "Buddy Gilmore, Paris". whitney.org.
  6. ↑ "Portrait of Buddy Gilmore - John Gutmann". FAMSF Search the Collections. May 8, 2015.


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