The Amazing Bud Powell

Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop

Guthrie P. Ramsey

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English

University of California Press
28 May 2013

Music; Jazz; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Keyboard instruments

Series: Music of the African Diaspora

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 first extended study of the social significance of Powell's place in the American musical landscape, Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. shows how the pianist expanded his own artistic horizons and moved his chosen idiom into new realms. Illuminating and multi-layered, The Amazing Bud Powell centralizes Powell's contributions as it details the collision of two vibrant political economies: the discourses of art and the practice of blackness.

By: Guthrie P. Ramsey
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 17
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520243910
ISBN 10: 0520243919
Series: Music of the African Diaspora
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 28 May 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the prize-winning Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop (UC Press).

Reviews for The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop

Ramsey writes with a musician's ear... Full of beauty and that edgy logic. -- John Mole The Times Literary Supplement 20130614 An important, thoughtful work for those wishing to probe beyond cliches. DownBeat 20130901 Equal parts biography, historiography, and music analysis, Ramsey's brilliant study represents a much-needed examination of one of jazz's most influential pianists and artists. Notes 20140901