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Title: The Amazing Bud Powell
Condition: New
Subtitle: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop
Author: Guthrie P. Ramsey
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0520243919
EAN: 9780520243910
ISBN: 9780520243910
Publisher: University of California Press
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 28/05/2013
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 25mm
Item Weight: 499g
Book Series: Music of the African Diaspora
Release Year: 2013

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