Bolden (2019)

Robert Ri'chard: George Baquet

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• George Baquet : Bolden, do you write your music down? Can you write it down?

  Buddy Bolden : We're composing on the bandstand, you know? So, it's... It's like we're talking to each other. We're havin' a conversation. I let the notes play on through, that's what I do. Just got to listen.

  George Baquet : I never play without the music right in front of me.

  Buddy Bolden : You play it the same, same, same, same, same. I don't do none of that. I play it my way. Every time. And that string may, it may never come out the same so how you gonna write it down How you gonna write it down, huh?

  George Baquet : Bolden if you don't write your music down, how's anyone gonna play it when you're gone?

  Buddy Bolden : You don't understand. It's a... It's a livin' thing. It's, it's, it's... It's me and the whole band. We, we, we just breathing together. So you don't even know what you're gonna play. You know, sometimes I... I think it's better not to play anything at all.