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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parsonage), Catherine Tackley (nee (July 5, 2017). The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935. Routledge. ISBN 9781351544757 – via page 158.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". collections.hvvacc.org.
- ^ "Buddy Gilmore, Paris". whitney.org.
- ^ "Portrait of Buddy Gilmore - John Gutmann". FAMSF Search the Collections. May 8, 2015.