Dupree Bolton

Dupree Bolton (3 March 1929 – 5 June 1993) was a jazz trumpeter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is known primarily for his appearance as a backing musician on two hard bop jazz albums, the first led by Harold Land in 1959, and the second led by Curtis Amy in 1963. Bolton spend most of his adult life incarcerated for non-violent crimes related to his drug addiction, and he was considered a mysterious figure by jazz musicians and writers during his lifetime because of the lack of available information about him. He played with relatively few jazz musicians during his musical prime, mainly in the Los Angeles area and inside U.S. prisons including San Quentin and Soledad. Biographical information on Bolton began to emerge following his death, most notably in the work of jazz historian Ted Gioia, who was able to find and interview Bolton four years before Bolton's death in 1993.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 3, 1929 (Oklahoma City), Died June 5, 1993 (Oakland)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945

Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 73103 11/7/1945 Opus two Buddy Johnson Orchestra instrumentalist, trumpet  
Decca 73104 10-in. 11/7/1945 One thing I could never do Buddy Johnson Orchestra instrumentalist, trumpet  
Decca 73105 10-in. 11/7/1945 Since I fell for you Buddy Johnson Orchestra instrumentalist, trumpet  
Decca 73106 10-in. 11/7/1945 Walk 'em Buddy Johnson Orchestra instrumentalist, trumpet  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bolton, Dupree," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/304949.

Bolton, Dupree. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/304949.

"Bolton, Dupree." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/304949

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