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Bud Powell
Bud Powell is generally considered to be the most important pianist in the history of jazz. Noted jazz writer and critic Gary Giddins, in Visions of Jazz, goes even further, saying that “Powell will be recognized as one of the most formidable creators of piano music in any time or idiom.”
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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My Blue Note Obsession
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- Bouncing With Bud by Chris Mosey
My Blue Note Obsession
Book Reviews
- 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
- The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History And The Challenge of Bebop
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- Bud Powell in Copenhagen by Chris Mosey
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- The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall by C. Michael Bailey
- Bebop by AAJ Staff
- Eternity by AAJ Staff
- Eternity by Jack Bowers
- Eternity by Jerry D'Souza
- Eternity by Jim Santella
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- Parisian Thoroughfares by C. Michael Bailey
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
December 15, 2015
September 26, 2015
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
January 05, 2015
Bud Powell: Birth of Bop Piano
December 10, 2014
September 27, 2014
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
September 27, 2013
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
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September 27, 2012
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
June 27, 2012
René Urtréger: Plays Bud Powell
September 27, 2011
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
August 26, 2011
Bud Powell - Jazz Giant (Verve: 1950, 1988, 2001)
March 21, 2011
The Music of Bud Powell & Earl Hines - April 29 & 30 - Rose Theater
September 27, 2010
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bud Powell
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