Product Details
- SKU: 38113CD
- Format: CD
- UPC: 8436569193976
- Street Date: 11/22/19
- PreBook Date: 10/18/19
- Label: Jazz Images »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 140 mins
- Number of Discs: 2
- Year of Production: 2019
- Box Lot: 25
- Territory: US
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Bud Powell - The Genius Of Bud Powell
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Bud Powell (1924-1966) was one of the true geniuses of modern jazz piano. Along with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and a few others, Powell changed the conception of jazz in the mid-1940s, with the arrival of bebop. He experienced serious health problems throughout his life, and was committed to a mental hospital from late 1951 to early 1953. After a brief and fruitful period in Paris, he came back to the United States, where alcohol abuse led to his untimely death. The Genius of Bud Powell ( Records MGV-8115) finds the pianist still in full control of his skills in a brilliant series of unaccompanied piano solos and trios. Three further complete Powell LPs, Jazz Giant ( Records MGV-8153), Piano Interpretations ( RecordsMGV-8167) and Blues in the Closet (Records MGV-8218), all of them recorded during the same period for Norman Granz, have been added as a bonus. ALL MUSIC: The Genius of Bud Powell"I n 1951, Bud Powell was still at the height of his considerable powers. Included here are two sessions from that year. Powell plays with a hysterical clarity. 'Oblivion' and' Hallucinations' are the most masterful of the eight solo cuts. Here Powell swings effortlessly and seems to be speaking his own, true language." (Scott Yanow)
