Bud Powell
His first recordings were made in 1944, when he was a 20 year old pianist in the Cootie Williams Band, and his last recordings were made in 1964 when he returned from several years in Europe to play at Birdland.
Between those dates Bud Powell played with the greatest jazz musicians of his generation including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Mingus and Max Roach. The recordings he made for the forerunners of the Verve label and for Blue Note, as well as many lesser known labels, are among the greatest jazz recordings of all time.
Not as much of a showman as musicians like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell has not received as much public recognition as some of his contemporaries. Nevertheless his fellow musicians were in awe of his creativity and skill, which in his prime were considered almost superhuman.
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Album Review
- Birth Of Bebop - Celebrating Bird At 100 by Mark Corroto
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- The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection by Kyle Simpler
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My Blue Note Obsession
Album Review
- Bouncing With Bud by Chris Mosey
My Blue Note Obsession
Book Review
- The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop
- Wail: The Life of Bud Powell by Peter Pullman
- Dance of the Infidels: A Portrait of Bud Powell
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
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