The participants explain the ways in which they engage with Bud Powell's music as listeners, students, teachers, and performers, speaking passionately about Powell's genius and providing accounts of how their study of Powell's music has contributed to their own development as artists and pedagogues.Ĭhapter Two, "Bud Powell's Improvisations and the Aesthetics of Modern Jazz Rhythm," explores how Powell's improvised solos creatively encapsulate the textural and rhythmic essentials of the modern jazz style.
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The aim of this project is to present a cogent technical and theoretical account of Powell's musical style that is grounded in the values of the contemporary jazz community and reflects that community's continued passion for and engagement with Powell.Ĭhapter One, "Contemporary Pianists and Bud Powell's Music," summarizes the ways that eight professional jazz pianists conceive of Powell's contributions to contemporary performance practice and to their individual musical styles and paths of development. The analysis is informed by a series of interviews with professional jazz musicians and is supported by original notated transcriptions of Powell recordings.
bebop or "bop"), focusing especially on the rhythmic and harmonic implications of Powell's improvisations. This is an analytical study of pianist and composer Bud Powell's contributions to modern jazz (a.k.a.
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