Coming Through Slaughter Author:Michael Ondaatje Buddy Bolden began to get famous right after 1900 come in. He was the first to play the hard jazz and blues for dancing. Later on Armstrong, Bunk Johnson, Freddie Keppard - they all knew he began the good jazz. — Praise for Michael Ondaatje's writing: — "A spectacular breakthrough... for the crazy swinging world of Buddy Bolden, it's perfect." -Pe... more »ter C. Newman, The Globe and Mail