The Amazing Bud Powell : Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop / by Ramsey, Guthrie P.

Table of Contents: “…Little cullud boys with beards : serious Black music and the art of bebop -- Something else : the tests and triumphs of a modernist -- Notes and tones : Black genius in the social order -- Making the changes : jazz manhood, bebop virtuosity, and a new social contract -- Exploding narratives and structures in the art of Bud Powell -- Coda : cultural accreditation and requiem for a heavyweight.…”
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Jazz matters : reflections on the music and some of its makers / by Ramsey, Douglas K.

Table of Contents: “…A Common Language -- Maturity -- Don't Shoot the Critic, He's Doing His best -- Keeping Time wit the CLU, and Other Thoughts -- Stompin' by the Bayou -- The Uses of Tradition -- Prince Albert/Don Albert -- Clark Terry -- Art Farmer -- Miles Davis -- John Coltrane -- Cannonball Adderley -- Bebop -- Bud Powell -- Wardell Gray -- Seeing Red/Red Garland -- Woody Herman -- Bass Hit/Gene Ramey -- Freddie Hubbard -- George Benson and Jack McDuff -- The Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Thelonious Monk -- Charles Mingus -- John Handy -- Four Tenor Saxophonists -- Ben Webster -- Phil Woods -- Love for Sale -- Listener's Journal -- Zoot sims -- Dukes of Dixieland -- Gerry Mulligan -- Chet Baker -- Art Pepper -- Modern Jazz Quartet -- Duke Ellington -- Reviews from "Jazz Review" -- Book Reviews -- A Few of My Favorite Things.…”
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Jazz matters : reflections on the music and some of its makers / by Ramsey, Douglas K.

Table of Contents: “…A Common Language -- Maturity -- Don't Shoot the Critic, He's Doing His best -- Keeping Time wit the CLU, and Other Thoughts -- Stompin' by the Bayou -- The Uses of Tradition -- Prince Albert/Don Albert -- Clark Terry -- Art Farmer -- Miles Davis -- John Coltrane -- Cannonball Adderley -- Bebop -- Bud Powell -- Wardell Gray -- Seeing Red/Red Garland -- Woody Herman -- Bass Hit/Gene Ramey -- Freddie Hubbard -- George Benson and Jack McDuff -- The Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Thelonious Monk -- Charles Mingus -- John Handy -- Four Tenor Saxophonists -- Ben Webster -- Phil Woods -- Love for Sale -- Listener's Journal -- Zoot sims -- Dukes of Dixieland -- Gerry Mulligan -- Chet Baker -- Art Pepper -- Modern Jazz Quartet -- Duke Ellington -- Reviews from "Jazz Review" -- Book Reviews -- A Few of My Favorite Things.…”
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The artistry of Bheki Mseleku / by Lilley, Andrew, Mseleku, Bheki, 1955-2008

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Jazz makers : vanguards of sound / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…The pioneers: Scott Joplin ; Jelly Roll Morton ; King Oliver ; Louis Armstrong ; Sidney Bechet ; Bix Beiderbecke ; Bessie Smith ; More pioneers to remember -- Swing bands and soloists: Fletcher Henderson ; Duke Ellington ; Cab Calloway ; Benny Goodman ; Artie Shaw ; Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey ; Count Basie ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Coleman Hawkins ; More swing bandleaders and soloists to remember -- The piano giants: Albert Ammons ; Fats Waller ; Earl "Fatha" Hines ; Mary Lou Williams ; Teddy Wilson ; Art Tatum ; Oscar Peterson ; More piano giants to remember -- Birth of bebop, the modern jazz revolution: Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker ; Miles Davis ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk ; Art Blakey ; Charles Mingus ; Sarah Vaughan ; More modern jazz pioneers to remember -- Cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion: John Coltrane ; Sonny Rollins ; Gerry Mulligan ; Stan Getz ; Ornette Coleman ; Bill Evans ; Herbie Hancock ; Chick Corea ; John McLaughlin ; Anthony Braxton ; More cool, hard bop and fusion players to remember -- A century of jazz: David Murray ; Michael Brecker ; Jan Garbarek ; Wynton Marsalis ; Geri Allen ; Joshua Redman ; More contemporary jazz players to remember.…”
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Visions of jazz : the first century / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Thelonious Monk (Rhythm-a-ning). Bud Powell (Strictly confidential). Chico O'Farrill (North of the border). …”
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