By Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.
ISBN-10: 0520243919
ISBN-13: 9780520243910
Bud Powell used to be not just one of many maximum bebop pianists of all time, he stands as one of many 20th century’s such a lot dynamic and fiercely adventurous musical minds. His expansive musicianship, riveting performances, and artistic compositions increased the bebop idiom and driven jazz musicians of all stripes to raised criteria of functionality. but Powell continues to be certainly one of American music’s so much misunderstood figures, and the tale of his unheard of expertise is usually overshadowed by way of his historical past of alcohol abuse, psychological instability, and brutalization by the hands of white gurus. during this first prolonged research of the social value of Powell’s position within the American musical panorama, Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. indicates how the pianist improved his personal creative horizons and moved his selected idiom into new geographical regions. Illuminating and multi-layered, The striking Bud Powell centralizes Powell’s contributions because it info the collision of 2 bright political economies: the discourses of artwork and the perform of blackness.
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