09/27/2022
Happy Birthday to the amazing piano virtuoso Bud Powell!
(Remembering the genius and innovator Bud Powell.. R.I.P. ஆܔ)
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (Sep 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie, Powell was a leading figure in the development of bebop. His virtuosity led many to call him the Charlie Parker of the piano. Powell was also a composer, and many jazz critics credit his works and his playing as having "greatly extended the range of jazz harmony."
Miles Davis in his autobiography said of Powell: " He was one of the few musicians I knew who could play, write, and read all kinds of music." "Bud was a genius piano player–the best there was of all the bebop piano players."
Photo © Jan Persson Jazz Archive – Bud Powell in the recording studio Copenhagen April 26 1962 for Storyville Records recording 'Bouncing with Bud'.
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