03417nam 2200625Ia 450 991110713680332120251117100253.09780520955158052095515310.1525/9780520955158(CKB)2670000000340324(EBL)1163755(SSID)ssj0000855732(PQKBManifestationID)12382848(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000855732(PQKBWorkID)10791121(PQKB)10118430(DE-B1597)521155(OCoLC)837528044(DE-B1597)9780520955158(Au-PeEL)EBL1163755(CaPaEBR)ebr10681977(CaONFJC)MIL475689(Perlego)551371(MiAaPQ)EBC1163755(EXLCZ)99267000000034032420111102d2013 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe amazing Bud Powell black genius, jazz history, and the challenge of bebop /Guthrie P. Ramsey1st ed.Berkeley, CA University of California Press20131 online resource (376 p.)Music of the African diaspora ;17 Description based upon print version of record.9780520243910 0520243919 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. "Cullud Boys with Beards": Serious Black Music and the Art of Bebop --2. Something Else: The Tests and Triumphs of a Modernist --3. Notes and Tones: Black Genius in the Social Order --4. Making the Changes: Jazz Manhood, Bebop Virtuosity, and a New Social Contract --5. Exploding Narratives and Structures in the Art of Bud Powell --Coda: Cultural Validation and Requiem for a Heavyweight --Notes --Selected Bibliography --Illustration Credits --IndexBud Powell was not only one of the greatest bebop pianists of all time, he stands as one of the twentieth century's most dynamic and fiercely adventurous musical minds. His expansive musicianship, riveting performances, and inventive compositions expanded the bebop idiom and pushed jazz musicians of all stripes to higher standards of performance. Yet Powell remains one of American music's most misunderstood figures, and the story of his exceptional talent is often overshadowed by his history of alcohol abuse, mental instability, and brutalization at the hands of white authorities. In this first extended study of the social significance of Powell's place in the American musical landscape, Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. shows how the pianist expanded his own artistic horizons and moved his chosen idiom into new realms. Illuminating and multi-layered, The Amazing Bud Powell centralizes Powell's contributions as it details the collision of two vibrant political economies: the discourses of art and the practice of blackness.Music of the African diaspora ;17.JazzHistory and criticismJazzHistory and criticism.786.2/165092Ramsey Guthrie P1016557MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911107136803321The amazing Bud Powell4727076UNINA