Ever wish you could travel back in time to New York's 52nd Street — circa 1950, during the heyday of bebop — and whisper into Charlie Parker, or Dizzy Gillespie, or Thelonious Monk's ear, and ask them ...

On Feb. 5, 1953, Powell was uncommunicative face to face at the New York jazz club Birdland. But when he sat at the keys, it was a whole other story. After A Painful Year, Bud Powell's Triumpant 1953 ...

This is FRESH AIR. Jazz pianist Bud Powell was born Sept. 27, 1924. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead, says Powell's life was often a nightmare. He was shy and withdrawn, even before getting severely ...

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell: They altered the course of American music and raised the bar for improvisation. Listen to 10 experts’ favorites. By Giovanni Russonello The most storied ...

Of all of the great jazz musicians, it's hard to imagine one whose life was as star-crossed as the great pianist and composer Bud Powell. One of the leading architects of the bebop style of jazz, ...

Perdido; Salt Peanuts; All the Things You Are/52nd Street Theme; Wee (Allen’s Alley); Hot House; A Night in Tunisia; Drum Conversation; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; Embraceable You; Sure Thing; ...

Program from the weekly radio documentary series, Jazz profiles, chronicling the people, places, and themes in jazz. Combines interviews, archival recordings, music, and narration (music-to-talk ratio ...

Born Sept. 27, 1924, Powell helped set the style for jazz piano after WWII. While earlier pianists played busy bass patterns, he helped establish a more fragmented, punctuating role for the left hand.