Bud Powell

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Bud Powell mainly in the "Musicosophie" series, as a reference figure of jazz piano. He names him, together with Oscar Peterson, among the improvising pianists1 and notes that pianists long imitated his style2. René Urtreger, for example, was called the "French Bud Powell"3. He also points out the title of one of his tunes, which plays on both fugue and tempus fugit4. He recalls Powell's training as a classical pianist and his tragic fate. He also reports that Powell heard in the word "bebop" the sound of the police baton on the Black man's head5. In a session on artificial intelligence, he uses him as an example of playing based on risk-taking and inner tension: for him, Powell's misses are the shadow of a moral world, something a machine does not know6. He notes in passing that Powell's wife was named Buttercup, in connection with the flower names given to women7.

1. 1Musicosophie 17. L'interprétation25 Mar 2021 · 2:25
2. 2Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 1:47:36
3. 3Musicosophie 4. Les ghettos sonores3 Dec 2020 · 1:15:16
4. 4Musicosophie 1. Schubert et les maîtres chanteurs3 Dec 2020 · 30:51
5. 5Musicosophie 6. La Variation Jazz... de Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 1:04:42
6. 69 #22 Science et/ou philosophie de l' "intelligence artificielle" - 2ème partie27 May 2021 · 1:10:50
7. 7#9 TABLEAUX D'UNE EXPOSITION : L'art, vu d'ici ou d'en face?10 Feb 2022 · 2:17:33

Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.