Finding Buddy Bolden

"He was the best and the loudest and the most loved jazzman of his time, but never professional in the brain. Unconcerned with the crack of the lip he threw out and held immense notes, could reach a force on the first note that attacked the ear..." pg.14

 In this passage we can understand that the way Buddy Bolden played and at the same time enjoyed his music like an amateur ,instead of a payed musician, reached the hearts of the public making him "the most loved jazzman of his time". But, it can also be interpreted as if he wasn't a very easy-to-work-with person because when things began to get serious he wouldn't take on a very professional attitude towards them. In the second sentence, the author goes back to the previously stated point about Buddy being unprofessional when he says that Buddy wouldn't care about hurting himself as long as he reached the desired note.