The amazing Bud Powell
Subtitle: black genius, jazz history, and the challenge of bebop
By: Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr
Series: Music of the African diaspora -- 17; Music of the African diaspora -- 17.
Publisher: University of California Press; Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berkeley; Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780520243910
Subjects: Bop (Music); Jazz; Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism
Description: Bud Powell was not only one of the greatest bebop pianists of all time, he stands as one of the twentieth century's most dynamic and fiercely adventurous musical minds. His expansive musicianship, riveting performances, and inventive compositions expanded the bebop idiom and pushed jazz musicians of all stripes to higher standards of performance. Yet Powell remains one of American music's most misunderstood figures, and the story of his exceptional talent is often overshadowed by his history of alcohol abuse, mental instability, and brutalization at the hands of white authorities. In this firs.
Notes: "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Cullud boys with beards" : serious black music and the art of bebop; title: Something else : the tests and triumphs of a modernist; title: Notes and tones : black genius in the social order; title: Making the changes : jazz manhood, bebop virtuosity, and a new social contract; title: Exploding narratives and structures in the art of Bud Powell; title: Coda. Cultural validation and requiem for a heavyweight.