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Occupation (s) Musician, bandleader, movie producer. Instrument (s) Trumpet. Benjamin Albert Rolfe (October 24, 1879 – April 23, 1956) was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality, and film producer.
B.A. Rolfe was born on 24 October 1879 in Brasher Falls, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Love Without Question (1920), The Master Mystery (1918) and Wings of Pride (1920). He was married to Edna Britton. He died on 23 April 1956 in Walpole, Massachusetts, USA.
- October 24, 1879
- April 23, 1956
Dec 8, 2014 · He was featured on the cover of Musical Truth, with the article’s initial line reading, “B. A. Rolfe, who is known as the ‘musical act king’ through his ownership of nearly all the large instrumental musical productions of the vaudeville stage, has decided to enter the concert band field.” It was true.
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B.A. Rolfe was an actor, musician, bandleader, vaudevillian, and film producer in the early part of the twentieth century. Known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" while touring with his father as a teenager, he inspired Louis Armstrong to work to reach those difficult high notes on the trumpet. In addition to the cornet, Rolfe also played the piccolo.
