Editing Buddy Bolden (section)

==Further life and legend==

While there is substantial first-hand oral history about Bolden, facts about his life continue to be lost amidst colorful myth. Stories about his being a barber by trade or that he published a [[scandal sheet]] called ''The Cricket'' have been repeated in print despite being debunked decades earlier.<ref>See {{harvnb|Marquis|2005|pp=58, 92}}: "In asking questions about Bolden, if the barbershop, the ''Cricket'', girls, loudness, and "Funky Butt" are all that is mentioned, one can surmise that rather than actually having known Bolden the person has merely read ''Jazzman''" (the rather inaccurate account, as Marquis proves) by Charles Edward Smith and Frederic Ramsay Jr., the editors of that book; see {{harvnb|Marquis|2005|pp=3–4}}.</ref>