Jazz Articles about Bud Powell

Bud Powell: The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings

by Patrick Burnette
March 1, 1997

Bud Powell is the hardest of the be-bop masters to get a clear fix on. Charlie Parker left behind a stack of Dial and Savoy sides as the benchmark for improvisers in the mode; Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie were copiously recorded and it's easy to find large chunks of material documenting both players at the top of their powers. Thelonious Monk is simple: the Bluenotes, the Prestiges, at least half the Riversides and you have ample testimony of his ...