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Kate Molleson explores the life and work of the amazing Bud Powell

This week Kate Molleson explores the life and work of a jazz giant in his centenary year: the amazing Bud Powell, in the company of Powell鈥檚 biographer Peter Pullman. Focusing on Bud Powell as a performer, prioritising his own compositions but also appreciating the art of improvisation as spontaneous composition.

Bud Powell was born in 1924 and grew up in Harlem, against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance. He was a gifted pianist from a young age and became a pioneer of bebop. But he was a troubled soul and the great paradox of Bud Powell is how there could be such joy and expression in his music while his life was so painful.

Music Featured:

Bouncing with Bud (from The Amazing Bud Powell)
Oblivion (from The Genius of Bud Powell)
Strictly Confidential (from Jazz Giant)
Floogie Boo (from Cootie Williams and his Orchestra 1941-1944)
Do Some War Work, Baby (from Cootie Williams and his Orchestra 1941-1944)
Off Minor (from Bud Powell Trio)
Dexter Rides Again (from Dexter Rides Again)
Mad Bebop (from JJ Johnson鈥檚 Jazz Quintet)
Buzzy (from Charlie Parker, the Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes)
Bud鈥檚 Bubble (from Bud Powell Trio)
I Should Care (from Bud Powell Trio)
Tempus Fugit (from Jazz Giant)
Celia (from Jazz Giant)
Un Poco Loco (from the Amazing Bud Powell)
Over the Rainbow (from the Amazing Bud Powell)
A Night in Tunisia (from the Amazing Bud Powell)
Dance of the Infidels (from the Amazing Bud Powell)
So Sorry Please (from Jazz Giant)
Glass Enclosure (from the Amazing Bud Powell, vol 2)
Lullaby of Birdland (from Inner Fires)
Sure Thing (from Inner Fires)
Parisian Thoroughfare (from the Genius of Bud Powell)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (from the Amazing Bud Powell, vol 2)
Hallelujah (from Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings)
Hot House (from Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings)
Willow Grove (from Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (from Bud Powell Trio)
Elegy (from Blues in the Closet)
Blues for Bessie (from Strictly Powell)
Ornithology (from the Amazing Bud Powell)
Bud on Bach (from the Amazing Bud Powell, vol 3)
Buster Rides Again (from the Amazing Bud Powell, vol 4)
John鈥檚 Abbey (from the Amazing Bud Powell, vol 4)
Cleopatra鈥檚 Dream (from The Scene Changes)
Getting There (from The Scene Changes)
Buttercup (from Bud Powell鈥檚 Moods)
Round Midnight (from Bud Powell: Live at the Blue Note Caf茅 Paris 1961)
How High the Moon / Ornithology (from Live in Lausanne 1962)
Broadway (from Our Man in Paris)
I鈥檒l Remember April (from Mingus at Antibes)
I Can鈥檛 Get Started (from Bud Powell in Paris)
Blues for Bouffemont (from Blues for Bouffemont)
All God鈥檚 Chillun Got Rhythm (from Jazz Giant)
Hallucinations (from The Return of Bud Powell)
If I Loved You (from The Return of Bud Powell)
Thelonius (from A Portrait of Thelonius)
Like Someone in Love (from Ups and Downs)
Bouncing with Bud (Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, from After the Fall)
Dusk in Sandi (Chick Corea, from Remembering Bud Powell)
Wail (from the Amazing Bud Powell)

Presented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Martin Williams for 成人论坛 Audio Wales & West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Bud Powell (1924-1966) /programmes/m0024m2z

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

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