biographies/jazz/Bud Powell

BOUCING WITH BUD

Bouncing With Bud by Carl Smith Bouncing With Bud
by Charlton Smith
Biddle Publishing Company

GO TO AUTHOR HOME PAGE

A book about the music of Bud Powell listing all his recordings. Foreword by Chick Corea, endorsements by Dave Brubeck and other jazz musicians. Covers every recording ever made by Bud Powell, over 800 tracks in all, as well as information on videos, a bibliography, a biographical sketch, and 75 pictures. A must for jazz fans. ISBN: 1-879418-27-4
Š1997
$18.95 US
Softcover

To order this book...

ENDORSEMENTS

" A loving survey of the pianist's recorded works by someone who's been collecting them from the '50's. Smith's interest is strictly focused on the great improvising pianist rather than his psychological history, and that's a genuine virtue... As a book to be worked through as an aid to collecting, it will be highly useful. "

Cadence

" You can read it from cover to cover...it's a great book because the author cares so passionately about his subject, yet he retains the ability to discriminate among the recordings and give a reasoned account of which he thinks are better and why. "

The Jazz World Magazine

" In the early fifties I worked with Bud Powell at Birdland in New York City. We did not communicate verbally very much, but we listened intently to each other.... Bud knew how to reach the inspirational part of his mind; and when he was at his peak, his performances were absolute perfection in every respect. If this book helps to explain Bud Powell and his influence on generations of pianists who followed him, it will have done a great service toward the understanding of jazz and the illumination of an enigma, Bud Powell, a legendary figure in jazz history. "

Dave Brubeck

" It's a very welcome addition to the Bud Powell archive to see the making of this wonderful compilation become available to all Bud Powell's students and fans. "

Chick Corea

" Bud Powell was an iconoclast, as unique in his own way as Thelonious Monk. A lot of my own style comes from what I learned playing with Bud.... Bouncing with Bud explores all Bud Powell's recordings in a very readable way. I highly recommend it as a way for all jazz lovers to more fully appreciate the music of this incomparable artist. "

Clark Terry

" I knew Bud from Birdland tour days and had the privilege of playing with him at the Blue Note in Paris in 1960. Although Charlie Parker was the man, Bud was the role model for a clearer understanding of chromaticism and harmonic possibilities in bebop as well as the impetus of forward motion - and incessant drive and exquisite lyricism. This book is a lover of this important artist. The book is great. I loved it. Bravo! Bravo! "