Buddy Gilmore

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 – via pages 65, 124, 125.
  2. Badger, Reid (January 12, 1995). "A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe". Oxford University Press – via pages 105, 113, 124, 177.
  3. Parsonage), Catherine Tackley (nee (July 5, 2017). "The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935". Routledge – 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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