The Glass Enclosure
The Life of Bud Powell
Published on 27. November 1995
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-871478-26-6 (ISBN)
Description
This biography tells the story of Bud Powell, one of the most significant pianists of modern jazz in the the style that became bop. He was influential in the 1940s and '50s, but suffered ill health and died aged only 42. Powell's story was subsequently made into the film "Round Midnight".
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
16 pp photographs, discography, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-871478-26-6 (9781871478266)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Upbringing and Cootie Williams; Minton's and the first breakdown; rehabilitation - the great years; the mid-1950s - New York; France; the last days in New York; recording chronology.