Dan Hardie

Daniel Hardie is the Convenor and Historical Director of The Buddy Bolden Revival Orchestra dedicated to performance of music of the Elemental Jazz Era (1897-1907) with authentic instrumentation. He has published numerous books on the earliest jazz including; Exploring Early Jazz: The Origins and Evolution of the New Orleans Style,  Jazz Historiography: The Story of Jazz History Writing,  The Ancestry of Jazz: A Musical Family History, The Birth of Jazz: Reviving the Music of the Bolden Era, and The Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz.