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Dance of the Infidels : A Portrait of Bud Powell by Francis Paudras (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Number of Pages: 368. Weight: 0.95 lbs. Publication Date: 1998-03-22. Publisher: Da Capo Press.

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PublisherHachette Books

ISBN-100306808161

ISBN-139780306808166

eBay Product ID (ePID)187770

Product Key Features

Book TitleDance of the Infidels : a Portrait of Bud Powell

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicComposers & Musicians, General, Genres & Styles / Jazz

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorFrancis Paudras

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight25.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN97-051909

SynopsisWhat Charlie Parker was to the saxophone, Bud Powell (1924-1966) was to the piano: No jazz pianist can rival his brilliance. But his life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy in psychiatric institutions, illnesses, physical and mental abuse from people who fed him dangerous drugs to control him, and the indifference of his contemporaries to his genius. Francis Paudras, a young jazz fan who met Powell in the late 1950s, released him from his unfavorable surroundings, encouraged him to create some of his finest music, and took care of him as if he were his child. Powell's story, Dance of the Infidels, is one of the most moving of jazz memoirs--and served as the basis for Bertrand Tavernier's film 'Round Midnight, starring Dexter Gordon. Here, for the first time in English, is a portrait of a friendship as surprising and heartbreaking as Bud Powell's timeless music., What Charlie Parker was to the saxophone, Bud Powell (1924-1966) was to the piano: No jazz pianist can rival his brilliance. But his life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy in psychiatric institutions, illnesses, physical and mental abuse from people who fed him dangerous drugs to control him, and the indifference of his contemporaries to his genius. Francis Paudras, a young jazz fan who met Powell in the late 1950s, released him from his unfavourable surroundings, encouraged him to create some of his finest music, and took care of him as if he were his child. Powell's story, Dance of the Infidels, is one of the most moving of jazz memoirs,and served as the basis for Bertrand Tavernier's film 'Round Midnight, starring Dexter Gordon. Here, for the first time in English, is a portrait of a friendship as surprising and heartbreaking as Bud Powell's timeless music.

LC Classification NumberML417.P73P413 1998