Results for "Bud Powell"

René Urtreger Plays Bud Powell

February 12, 2020

Bud Powell arguably had the most significant influence on jazz pianists of the post-war modernist era. You'd have an easier time making a list of those not influenced by Powell than compiling the names of those who fell under his bebop spell. Among the most accomplished of Powell's disciples (a group that includes Al Haig, Sonny ...

Two Pianists Going Their Own Way: Carl Kennedy and Max Petersen

by Jerome Wilson
February 9, 2020

Most contemporary jazz piano players follow well-trodden paths, be it the speed and power of Bud Powell, the romantic clarity of Bill Evans or the complex abstractions of Cecil Taylor. Here are two examples of pianists who go their own ways. Carl Kennedy American Lullaby JeruJazz 2019 ...

Bud Powell

Born: September 27, 1924

Bud Powell is generally considered to be the most importantpianist in the history of jazz. Noted jazz writer and criticGary Giddins, in Visions of Jazz, goes even further, sayingthat "Powell will be recognized as one of the mostformidable creators of piano music in any time or idiom."

His first recordings were made in 1944, when he was a 20year old pianist in the Cootie Williams Band, and his lastrecordings were made in 1964 when he returned fromseveral years in Europe to play at Birdland.

Between those dates Bud Powell played with the greatestjazz musicians of his generation including Charlie Parker,Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon,Charlie Mingus and Max Roach. The recordings he madefor the forerunners of the Verve label and for Blue Note, aswell as many lesser known labels, are among the greatestjazz recordings of all time.

Tales of The Mystic Order of the Jazz Obsessed - Jazz Societies, Part II

by Karl Ackermann
January 30, 2020

Part 1 | Part 2 Jazz Societies, Part 1 briefly traced the preservation and interpretation of jazz from the oral history of its West African roots through academic and cultural institutions. The article included an overview of jazz societies and foundations that further the fostering of jazz education. The organizations vary in scope, size ...

Luca Flores: Innocence

by Angelo Leonardi
January 20, 2020

Un doppio CD di inediti con Luca Flores al pianoforte nel massimo della sua creatività è un avvenimento e un'occasione da non perdere. La tragica scomparsa nel 1995 del pianista fiorentino a soli 38 anni, aveva scosso profondamente il mondo del jazz italiano e commosso un vasto pubblico, anche grazie al libro Il disco del mondo ...

Adam Berenson: Every Beginning Is A Sequel

by Karl Ackermann
January 17, 2020

Pianist/keyboardist/composer Adam Berenson--across more than twenty recordings--offers incontrovertible evidence that talent surpasses an affinity for category. He is equally at home with jazz, electronica, blues, or a string quartet. On his previous , fully-acoustic album, Stringent and Sempiternal (Dream Works, 2019) Berenson went in an unusual direction (for him), covering works of Miles Davis, Bud Powell, ...

Bruce Jones: Growing Up With Jazz

by La-Faithia White
January 12, 2020

The impact of living in a musical household, witnessing your dad and your uncles jamming in the basement can definitely create a positive and meaningful outlook for a young kid. Stories of growing up jazz come to mind for Bruce Jones, the eldest son of trumpeter, composer, and band leader Thad Jones. Bruce is also the ...

Due concerti di Francesco Maccianti a Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
December 20, 2019

Francesco Maccianti Piano solo & Trio Lyceum Club Internazionale, Palazzo Adami Lami--2.12.2019 Pinocchio Live Jazz--9.12.2019 Firenze Francesco Maccianti è uno dei capostipiti della nutrita schiera di eccellenti pianisti jazz fiorentini. Coetaneo dello sfortunato Luca Flores, tra i fondatori dello storico CAM, presso il quale si sono formate generazioni di jazzisti ...

Karl Ackermann’s Best Releases of 2019

by Karl Ackermann
December 15, 2019

2019 was the year when one couldn't turn an ear without hearing a release that featured either Kris Davis or Matthew Shipp. Between the two pianist/composer/improvisers, listeners have been treated to more than a dozen recordings, each noteworthy. Then there is Satoko Fujii. On the heels of her 2018, twelve-album birthday celebration, the pianist issued another ...

Dave Bass: No Boundaries

by Chris M. Slawecki
November 29, 2019

In 2015, Dave Bass retired from the Office of the Attorney General of California after twenty years of service and returned to his first professional love—playing the piano, a career that a wrist injury forced him to abandon about thirty years ago. No Boundaries is the third release, and second for Whaling City Sound, in Bass' ...