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Bud Powell

1924 - 1966

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Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory, Powell's application of complex phrasing to the piano influenced both his contemporaries and later pianists including Walter Davis Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Barry Harris. Born in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance to a musical family, Powell, during the 1930s, developed an attacking, right-handed approach to the piano, which marked a break from the left-handed approach of stride and ragtime that had been prevalent. Upon joining trumpeter Cootie Williams's band in 1943, he received attention from the broader musical community for his fluency and advanced technique. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bud Powell is the 563rd most popular musician (down from 454th in 2019), the 3,274th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,423rd in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Bud Powell ranks 563 out of 3,175. Before him are Paul Rodgers, Erroll Garner, Jørgen Ingmann, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Rick Astley, and Rachid Taha. After him are Dee Dee Ramone, Scott Bradley, Thom Yorke, Rita Lee, Dan McCafferty, and David Marks.

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Among people born in 1924, Bud Powell ranks 145. Before him are Shintaro Abe, Jacques Vergès, Karlheinz Deschner, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Zbigniew Herbert, and Dinah Washington. After him are Allan Edwall, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Cicely Tyson, Haim Bar-Lev, and Franco Basaglia. Among people deceased in 1966, Bud Powell ranks 79. Before him are Edmond Locard, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Wilhelm Röpke, Emil Brunner, and Väinö Tanner. After him are Robert Rossen, Homi J. Bhabha, Boris Podolsky, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Wieland Wagner, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bud Powell ranks 3,274 out of 20,380. Before him are Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), J. P. Guilford (1897), Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), James Bowie (1796), Matthew Ridgway (1895), and Al Matthews (1942). After him are Henry Flagler (1830), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Robert Rossen (1908), Mos Def (1973), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), and Kevin Peter Hall (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bud Powell ranks 168. Before him are Tito Puente (1923), Lead Belly (1888), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Nikki Sixx (1958), Erroll Garner (1923), and Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934). After him are Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Scott Bradley (1891), David Marks (1948), Peter Cetera (1944), Tommy Bolin (1951), and Steven Van Zandt (1950).

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