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Bud Powell
1924-1966

". . . In this modern jazz, they heard something rebel and nameless that spoke for them, and their lives knew a gospel for the first time. It was more than a music; it became an attitude toward life, a way of walking, a language and a costume; and these introverted kids... now felt somewhere at last." -John Clellon Holmes

Quotes About Bud Powell

"I knew Bud from Birdland tour days and had the privilege of playing with him at the Blue Note in Paris in 1960. Although Charlie Parker was the man, Bud was the role model for a clearer understanding of chromaticism and harmonic possibilities in bebop as well as the impetus of forward motion - and incessant drive and exquisite lyricism. This book is a lover of this important artist. The book is great. I loved it. Bravo! Bravo!" -Phil Woods

"In the early fifties I worked with Bud Powell at Birdland in New York City. We did not communicate verbally very much, but we listened intently to each other.... Bud knew how to reach the inspirational part of his mind; and when he was at his peak, his performances were absolute perfection in every respect. If this book helps to explain Bud Powell and his influence on generations of pianists who followed him, it will have done a great service toward the understanding of jazz and the illumination of an enigma, Bud Powell, a legendary figure in jazz history." -Dave Brubeck

"He was the foundation out of which stemmed the whole edifice of modern jazz piano; every jazz pianist since Bud either came through him or is deliberately attempting to get away from playing like him." -Herbie Hancock, in Down Beat magazine (22 September 1966)

"No one could play like Bud; too difficult, too quick, incredible!" -Thelonious Monk

"If I had to choose a single musician according to his artistic merit and the originality of his creation, but also for the greatness of his work, it would be Bud Powell. Nobody could measure up to him." -Bill Evans

"Bud was the most brilliant that a spirit might be, a unique genius in our culture." - Max Roach

"Bud is a genius." -Charlie Parker

"He laid down the basis of modern jazz piano." -Dizzy Gillespie

"Bud is a genuine genius." -Duke Ellington "Bud Powell was an iconoclast, as unique in his own way as Thelonious Monk. A lot of my own style comes from what I learned playing with Bud.... Bouncing with Bud explores all Bud Powell's recordings in a very readable way. I highly recommend it as a way for all jazz lovers to more fully appreciate the music of this incomparable artist." -Clark Terry

Bud Powell Multimedia Directory

Bud Powell In Paris 1959	Bud Powell Trio - Anthropologye	Bud Powell Trio - Cleopatra's Dream	Bud Powell - I'll Remember April
Bud Powell - Shaw Nuff	Sonny Rollins Remembers Bud Powell	Bud Powell Trio - 'ROUND MIDNIGHT	Bud Powell - I Should Care
Just Coolin'-Bud Powell	Bud Powell - All The Things You Are	Bud Powell - I Remember Clifford - If I Loved You	Bud Powell - In the Mood for a Classic9

Bud Powell Internet Directory

Bud Powell: @ Northwestern University	Bud Powell: BBC Jazz Profile	Dizzy Gillespie Spanish Language Bio
Bud Powell @ Music Base	Bud Powell @ Verve Records	Bud Powell French Language	Bud Powell @ The Jazz Files
Bud Powell Psychiatry Destroys Creativity	Bud Powell Discography	Bud Powell: @ Ink Blot Magazine	Bud Powell @ Duke University
Bud Powell @ Duke University (2)	Bud Powell @ Duke University (3).	Bud Powell: A Biography	Bud Powell @ Duke University (4)
Bud Powell Photographs	Bud Powell A Discography (2)	Bud Powell BudPowellJazz.Com	Bud Powell All About Jazz
Jazz From Lincoln Center : "Bud Powell: Bouncin' with Bud"	Bud Powell Japanese Language	Bud Powell @ MSN Music	Bud Powell @ NPR Jazz Profiles
Bud Powell Ken Burns - "Jazz" (PBS)	Dizzy Gillespie A Profile		Bud Powell Britannica Online
	"Bud Powell, idiot savant of the jazz piano" by Robert Fulford	Bud Powell Life & TImes	Bud Powell Bebop Jazz
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