An edition of The amazing Bud Powell (2013)

The amazing Bud Powell

black genius, jazz history, and the challenge of bebop

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An edition of The amazing Bud Powell (2013)

The amazing Bud Powell

black genius, jazz history, and the challenge of bebop

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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.

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University of California Press, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Bop (Music), Jazz, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Jazz, history and criticism

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The amazing Bud Powell: black genius, jazz history, and the challenge of bebop
2013, University of California Press, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago
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Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop
2013, University of California Press
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Table of Contents

"Cullud boys with beards" : serious black music and the art of bebop
Something else : the tests and triumphs of a modernist
Notes and tones : black genius in the social order
Making the changes : jazz manhood, bebop virtuosity, and a new social contract
Exploding narratives and structures in the art of Bud Powell
Coda. Cultural validation and requiem for a heavyweight.

Edition Notes

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

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Berkeley, Chicago
Series
Music of the African diaspora -- 17, Music of the African diaspora -- 17.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
786.2/165092
Library of Congress
ML417.P73 R36 2013, ML417.P73R36 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 240 p.
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27153021M
ISBN 10
0520243919
ISBN 13
9780520243910
LCCN
2012039182
OCLC/WorldCat
812018051

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