Bud Powell
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Biography
[Edit]One of the giants of the jazz piano, Bud Powell changed the way that virtually all post-swing pianists play their instruments. He did away with the left-hand striding that had been considered essential earlier and used his left hand to state chords on an irregular basis. His right often played speedy single-note lines, essentially transforming Charlie Parker's vocabulary to the piano (although he developed parallel to "Bird").
Tragically, Bud Powell was a seriously ill genius. After being encouraged and tutored to an extent by his friend Thelonious Monk at jam sessions in the early '40s, Powell was with Cootie Williams' orchestra during 1943-1945. In a racial incident, he was beaten on the head by police; Powell never fully recovered and would suffer from bad headaches and mental breakdowns throughout the remainder of his life. Despite this, he recorded some true gems during 1947-1951 for Roost, Blue Note, and Verve, composing such major works as "Dance of the Infidels," "Hallucinations" (also known as "Budo"), "Un Poco Loco," "Bouncing with Bud," and "Tempus Fugit." Even early on, his erratic behavior resulted in lost opportunities (Charlie Parker supposedly told Miles Davis that he would not hire Powell because "he's even crazier than me!"), but Powell's playing during this period was often miraculous.
A breakdown in 1951 and hospitalization that resulted in electroshock treatments weakened him, but Powell was still capable of playing at his best now and then, most notably at the 1953 Massey Hall Concert. Generally in the 1950s his Blue Notes find him in excellent form, while he is much more erratic on his Verve recordings. His warm welcome and lengthy stay in Paris (1959-1964) extended his life a bit, but even here Powell spent part of 1962-1963 in the hospital. He returned to New York in 1964, disappeared after a few concerts, and did not live through 1966.
In later years, Bud Powell's recordings and performances could be so intense as to be scary, but other times he sounded quite sad. However, his influence on jazz (particularly up until the rise of McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans in the 1960s) was very strong and he remains one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.
Title: The Scene Changes (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) ( 2003 - Remaster)
Artist: Bud Powell
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 3 - Bud! (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Artist: Bud Powell
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Jazz Masters: 1940's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Jazz Piano
Genre: Jazz
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Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete Jerome Kern Songbooks
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blue Note 75
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazzin' the 50'S
Genre: Jazz
Title: "P", Cole Porter
Genre: Jazz
Title: Highstream: The Best Of Mainstream Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz Piano
Genre: Jazz
Title: Learning Jazz Piano
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz With a Beat
Genre: Jazz
Title: New York, Jazz City USA
Genre: Jazz
Title: Amazing Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: BeBop Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Giants of Jazz: Piano
Genre: Jazz
Title: In the Moment - Jazz Love Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Cole Porter Songbook: 40 Greatest Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bird Brains - Charlie Parker Imitators
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Royalty
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blue Note 101: Jazz Icons
Genre: Jazz
Title: High Fidelity Jazz: Connoisseur
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of Blue Note
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Jazz Piano
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Amazing Jazz Performances
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Songs That Changed the World
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Tribute To Jerome Kern
Title: Jazz Plays Gershwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz & Conversation Suite, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50 Traditional Jazz Standards, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: High Fidelity Jazz: Be Bop
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Decade of Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Street Beats
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz the Morning After
Genre: Jazz
Title: Basquiat Salutes Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Influential Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Sound Deluxe - Piano Solo Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Music Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Music Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Beginners Guide to Jazz Pianists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Essential Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top 20 Jazz Piano
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Story 8
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of the Jazz Pianos
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Of The Piano
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of Jazz Piano and Trumpet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz & Blues Piano Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best of the Cole Porter Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Jazz Collection Vol 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Superstars of Jazz: The Best Recordings of the 40s
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Jazz Drumming
Genre: Jazz
Title: Inspired By the Motion Picture Round Midnight
Genre: Jazz
Title: Evolution of Jazz - The 50's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Paris Jazz Café, Vol.1 / Paris Jazz Cafe, Vol.1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Piano Giants
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Jazz Pianists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Working Jazz Hero - Songs of Thelonius Monk
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hip Jazz-Bop!: This Is Your Brain
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Dizzy Gillespie Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Explosion - Volume 4
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Jazz Anthems
Genre: Jazz
Title: High Fidelity Jazz: Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Parker’s Pals / Parker's Pals
Genre: Alternative
Title: High Fidelity Jazz: Latin Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz: Bebop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Drivin' Cool, Vol. 2 (Great Music for the Road)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Bebop
Genre: Jazz
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Artist: Dexter Gordon
Genre: Jazz
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Artist: The Sonny Rollins
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of (CD2)
Artist: Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Extravagant Mister Dizzy Gillespie - Volume 1: Small Groups
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Genre: Jazz
