ghost of miles Posted September 27, 2003 Report Posted September 27, 2003 Bud Powell was the first jazz pianist whose sound I zealously, fanatically fell in love with. He was born on this day in 1924--thanks for all of the beautiful music that came from the fingertips of the Earl of Harlem. Quote
king ubu Posted September 27, 2003 Report Posted September 27, 2003 Happy birthday, Bud! Needless to say he's one of my favorite artists ever. Bad quality, but nice pic: ubu Quote
EKE BBB Posted September 27, 2003 Report Posted September 27, 2003 Nice (and veeeery similar) pic and better quality Quote
king ubu Posted September 27, 2003 Report Posted September 27, 2003 Nice (and veeeery similar) pic and better quality Well... but mine's bigger Quote
ghost of miles Posted September 27, 2003 Author Report Posted September 27, 2003 Man, I hope Peter Pullman's bio of Bud comes out some day. He supposedly wrote quite a bit about Monk's bust in '51 (when he evidently took the fall for Bud), after the two of them were stopped with drugs in their car; as a result, Monk lost his cabaret card and was unable to play legally in NYC for six years. Has anybody talked to Peter recently? Quote
Simon Weil Posted September 27, 2003 Report Posted September 27, 2003 Yeah, Happy Birthday Bud. "It Could Happen To You" (alt take) I love. Simon Weil Quote
brownie Posted September 28, 2003 Report Posted September 28, 2003 Hope that Bud Powell has now found the peace of mind that eluded him during his time on Earth. Quote
Guest youmustbe Posted September 28, 2003 Report Posted September 28, 2003 Everyone knows, I'm sure, the story about Bud...when he was in an institution, he drew a keyboard on the wall and would 'play on it and ask people if they liked what he was 'playing' Similarly, Beethoven, when he was totally deaf, would play his pianoforte, and ask people if they liked his new piece. The strings were all broken inside, and there was no sound. Like Bud, it was in his head. A story one of the Kenton guys told me: In the early fifties, Birdland would serve dinner for the help at 5 in the afternoon. If you were playing that night, you could join in for 50 cents, all you can eat. Bud, who was a ward of Birdland, would be brought in to eat at that time. But, he would fidget, talk to himself and annoy everybody, so one day, Oscar Goodstein, the manager, told Bud to get up on stage and play and leave everyone alone. So, as the Kenton guy said, here he was, in NY, in Birdland, all you can eat for 50 cents and getting a private solo concert by the top pianist in Jazz, Bud Powell! Quote
pryan Posted September 28, 2003 Report Posted September 28, 2003 A "belated" happy birthday to one of the most important pianists in the history of improvised music. Such a master he was. I like the quote of Bud in the vol. 1 (BN) liner notes saying how pianists would be playing like he did on those sessions ten years in the future. He was wrong, but only in his severe under-estimation. What a genius. Quote
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