Lana//Iliev//Rüegg//Amereller

Bud Pow­ell war einer der grössten Pi­anis­ten seiner Era, war zusam­men mit Char­lie Parker, Dizzy Gille­spie, Miles Davis, Th­elo­nious Monk ein Pi­o­neer des rev­o­lu­tionären Be­bobs. Pi­anist Bud Pow­ell’s un­ri­valed vir­tu­osic style ex­uded an emo­tion and power that cap­ti­vated au­di­ences and mu­si­cians alike. Though great per­sonal mis­for­tune would in­ter­rupt his pro­lific ca­reer and trag­i­cally shorten his life, Pow­ell found a level of peace at the piano that few ex­pe­ri­ence in this world.

Pow­ell pi­o­neered the rev­o­lu­tion­ary bebop sound along with Char­lie Parker,Dizzy Gille­spie and Miles Davis, Th­elo­nious Monk, and Max Roach. Pi­anist Bill Evans con­sid­ers Pow­ell the most un­der­es­ti­mated fig­ure in this elite group, though Davis him­self called Bud “the great­est pi­anist in this era.”