Bud Powell Remembered




The Jefferson Exchange show

Summary: <p>The Jefferson Exchange: July 25, 2013 Hour 2:</p><p><b> <span class="headlinetext">Bud Powell Remembered</span> </b><br><br> At first glance, the story of jazz pianist Bud Powell may appear to be one of alcohol, mental illness, and racial abuse.  But author Guthrie Ramsey Jr. digs deeper for clues to Powell's life and influence on bebop and jazz more generally, in <a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520243910" target="_blank"><strong>"The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop."<br></strong></a></p>