The Pianist That Influenced A Generation 

Rick, my Dad is Lalo Schifrin, and he told me that Bud Powell was his favorite jazz pianist of all time and probably his greatest influence.

It’s great that you’re exposing a whole generation of young musicians to this “other” music. Good for you Rick!!

“If I had to choose one single musician for his artistic integrity, for the incomparable originality of his creation and the grandeur of his work, it would be Bud Powell. He was in a class by himself” - Bill Evans

More like this please. Learning about the great jazz masters never gets old.

Barry Harris is THE source for articulating and truly understanding the theory of Bud Powell's approach as well as that of Charlie Parker. Music institutions that teach jazz should all include Barry's insights as a core requirement. Barry has passed but fortunately there are many resources available from his teachings.

Wow-- I never heard of Bud Powell and im ashamed. Thank You for being the music history teacher we need, when we need it. You're the man Rick.

Rick: more jazz videos please! Maybe you won't rock the house with these, but they are extremely informative for some people.

This can never be surpassed Bud was amazing

Thank you again, Rick!! We need more jazz and fusion videos. People need to be familiar with these artists more!!

Yes, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Lyle Mays Bud Powell. Keep em coming Rick!

As an old guy that grew up listening to jazz, I take for granted that these forms are obvious. I appreciate that you call out the AABA sections, to help a new audience understand how to 'hear' what's going on. Long live jazz.

A true musician appreciation channel. We thank you. Watching you geek out is the some of your greatest stuff.

The piano is in my humble opinion one of the most beautiful pieces of instruments. I could sit and listen to people play it and instantly fall in a relaxing state.

Bud Powell I never really delved into mid-century jazz, but it certainly is part of our musical history and a basis for a lot if pop music that came in the following decades.

Recently I found Bud Powell's trio albums and I was blown away by every aspect of his playing. I also realized how much I concentrated on Charlie Parker on other recordings. He was pure genius and the other note is that Thelonius Monk and him were close friends.

This is part of the music I listened to during most of the late 70’s and through the 80’s. Some of the greatest musicians. Also the whole John Coltrane/Miles Davis/Ornette Coleman/McCoy Tyner/Pharoah Sanders (RIP, recently deceased) etc., etc I really loved Elvin Jones saw him live many times. And Max Roach! Too many greats to mention. Just remembering the Village Vanguard brings back so many memories of Jazz royalty!

My Dad was very good friends with Dizzy Gillespie - I heard this music growing up and later in life as I became closer to my father, had the realization that this period of music was a Renaissance. The level of musicianship is unapparelled in history and unlike classical music, the emphasis is the Improvisation- the skills required to play at that level are just mind blowing. I personally believe it is the most difficult challenging music to master in all of musical history maybe even the peak of musical expression in America- Bud Powell will be like Bach in how people will compare to him in later centuries! Thank you Ric for sharing with us

Here's a quick suggestion. Bud was an immense influence on Be-bop piano. How about your take on a classical piano legend, "Van Cliburn"? You hear almost nothing about him anymore, and he died in 2013, but he shocked the world in 1958 by winning the first International Tchaikovsky competition in Russia and went on to be a mega classical music recording artist and Grammy winner.

I love Bud for so many reasons. He had the most beautiful technique, you can see it in the way his hands are on the keyboard. He also wrote great songs that totally stand up today. A major figure in jazz.

Dear Rick , I have been following you on RU-vid since you first started with the whiteboard . I love Jazz Piano , this video and the Oscar Peterson video are my two absolute favourites now . Thank you for your hard work and I look forward to more videos like this . ❤

I love it that you dig bebop. My Dad introduced jazz to me as a kid because that’s the kind of records he had. We listened to mostly big band - a lot of Basie and Kenton - but he also had Bird and Miles and Dizzy and cats like that. Such amazing music.

As a pianist I appreciate you also talking about great pianists like Powell and Argerich. Please keep it up.

Thank you for showcasing one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, Rick. Not only a brilliant pianist, Bud Powell also composed some very beautiful tunes that will challenge any musician.

What a master of melody! Now that's music! Bud Powell was the Mozart of modern jazz- incredible melody, sophistocated joy!

Bud's true revolution (besides being a genius) is that he opened the way to play lines on the piano the way a wind instrument does. He wanted to play what Bird, Diz or Clifford played.

Clarity, intent, execution. Timeless. Honored Mr. Beato.

Videos like this make it hard to remember life before RU-vid. Rick, thank you.

I know this video about jazz piano, but someone explain to me why Julian "Cannonball" Adderley isn't discussed as much as John Coltrane or Miles Davis? Cannonball made incredible albums and played on some of the coolest songs I've ever heard such as: -74 miles away - I'm on my way - Hummin' - Them Dirty Blues - Jeanine - Waltz for Debbie(with Bill Evans) - Sticks(live) - Save Your Love For Me(live with Nancy Wilson) - Rumpelstiltskin - Work Song(written by his brother Nat Adderley) - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Autumn Leaves(with Bill Evans) - Big City(with Ernie Andrews) Anyway, he's a fantastic musician and want to share some cool tunes he played on. Peace ✌️

Thank you for featuring Bud Powell. Had he lived longer one can only imagine how much more incredible he’d have been. Bud was a monster! He made the piano sing!!

So great that you are introducing a whole new generation to the genius of Bud Powell, the OG of Bebop Piano. You are doing the world of music a great service with your videos

I've been playing jazz piano for over 40 years. I'm still fairly intimidated by this great, complex music. You have to play your phrases in your head 2 bars before you play it with your hands.

My dad introduced me to Bud Powell’s playing when I first got interested in jazz - it’s said that Bud’s playing was the closest to mimic horn lines in be-bop - it’s tragic that he passed away so young.

I so love what you’re doing for all the young musicians and music fans! Great video, Rick!

Yet another great video aimed to demystify this great and complex music. Bud Powell should be regarded as one of the greatest artists of the modern world.

I love the diversity of your channel Rick; it seems you have many like minded followers. Keep up the good work.

I can’t begin to figure out how I would follow all those chord changes and manage a melody over it. I suppose some convention helps but these guys truly are masters.

That guitar is drop dead gorgeous.

My favorite aspect of this video? The fact that Bud never even looks down at his hands. He had mastered the bebop vocabulary to the point of total effortlessness. He makes it look as easy as whistling while strolling down the street. Of course, every jazz pianist alive knows how monstrously difficult it actually is.

I am so happy you made it glory to bud powell and pure music lovers like him and you

Rick, you are a national treasure for what you generously give us music lovers.

Great video. As you can tell from the quotes Rick read, one of the signature thing about Bud is just how deeply other jazz musicians loved him. Check out, as just one example, the many different versions of Monk's tribute to him, "In Walked Bud."

I learned how to improvise playing jazz at a young age back in the 70's. The people that you talk about here when you do these bits on jazz are all amazing and were very influential in my musical up-bringing. Kudos to you for bringing them back

This is great, Bud was a giant. I have been fortunate enough to hear many of those who wrote about Bud Powell over the years. You might consider doing a video about women in jazz. That would open up new musical worlds. Maybe Mary Lou Williams, Carla Ble;y, Jessica Williams ( who passed last year ) Emily Remler and Regina Carter.

Parisian Thoroughfare is a fantastic Bud Powell composition. A beautiful melody that Bud phrases so quickly, a casual listener might miss it.

Yes I’m so happy you’ve finally done a video on Bud Powell!! There are videos of Barry Harris talking about all of the pianists of his generation idolized Bud Powell. Check out Pasquale Grasso’s EP “Solo Bud Powell” for some insane solo guitar renditions of Powell’s compositions.

that 8 minutes went by and felt like seconds. thank you for the captivating video.

Hey Rick, thank you for showcasing Bud Powell!! 😎👍🏽

Two words…Art Tatum. He was one of Buds major influences, as well as Oscar P…..imo no one before or after came close to Arts sheer technical ability and swing.

A lot of pianists seem to sing or mumble when they play. I’ve had some violin students do that (or rock back and forth), it’s always seemed to be a way to tell the high level of natural musicality.

In the foreword of Francis Paudras biography of Bud Powell, Dance of the Infidels, the great jazz pianist Bill Evans remarks, “If I had to choose one single musician for his artistic integrity, for the incomparable originality of his creation and the grandeur of his work, it would be Bud Powell. He was in a class by himself.”

Thank you so much sir for recognizing Bud Powell

If people are impressed by how Rick calls out those chord progressions while playing, they should see Dylan calling them out and correcting his father while his father plays -- UNREAL!!!!😲👋💖

Always great to see and hear one of the all-time jazz greats. Well done Rick! Highly recommended is Chick Corea's 1997 CD Remembering Bud Powell.

Yes! Such a musical genius…thank you for giving credit to this genius. Sadly, gone too soon. He suffered a lot in life due to what sounds like some bipolar illness. Genius in every sense of the word.

You’re stud brotha!!! I swear I become a better musician, a better listener, a better person, every time I engage with your channel. Thank you for sharing your music wisdom, your books and ear training teachings.

The Amazing Bud Powell, vol 1 + 2 are some of my favorite jazz records of all time. I put them right up there with A Love Supreme and Kind of Blue.

This is an excerpt from 'Bud's Bubble' published on the January 1996 issue of The Atlantic that can be found online, a great piece that everyone remotely interested in jazz in general and in bebop in particular should read: "The question of how much Powell owed Parker also ignores his arguably greater debt to two fellow pianists, Art Tatum and Thelonious Monk. Powell's senior by fifteen years, and the reigning virtuoso among jazz pianists when Powell burst onto the scene in the late 1940s, Tatum once dismissed him as "just a right-handed piano player," supplying a corollary of sorts to the notion that what Powell played with his right hand was merely transposed Charlie Parker. Powell ultimately gained Tatum's approval by sitting down at Birdland, the famous New York nightclub, one night when Tatum was there and playing a song at lightning speed with his left hand alone. Or so the story goes. But it misses the point--or Tatum did, if the story is true. Powell in effect reconfigured the keyboard to the specifications of bebop, not just spinning out fleet successions of single notes with his right hand but also sounding broken chords and off-the-beat accents with his left. His left hand catapulted his right. The best way to explain its often misunderstood function in Powell's music might be to say that he drummed with it, instead of playing stride bass with it in the manner of Tatum and most other earlier jazz pianists."

I like these surprises you throw in. Some of your best videos. More jazz!

Rick, you’re a musician and a music teacher to the whole world. Thank you again!

Thank you, Rick, for this EXCELLENT segment.

This is great! The film "Round Midnight" starring Dexter Gordon was loosely based on Powell. Gordon played a character named Dale Tuner and he was nominated for an Academy Award.....

Rick, your bebop playing amazed me. I never knew you were that good! Hopefully someday you will cover Art Tatum who is the best piano player I ever heard. Modern day it is Keith Jarrett for me.

Budd was and still is a the GOAT I need to collect some of his music so I can try to catch some of his riffs!!!

I remember playing "Bouncin' with Bud" in my jazz ensemble in college. Fun tune.

Looking forward to this one, Rick!

As primarily a rock guitar player, it blows my mind how jazz players can play so smoothly over such rapid chord and key changes.

Rick wow great video I know about all those guys and how they influenced the artists of my generation Thank you so much for helping to keep all of them with their amazing talents and their music alive This video is 18 out of 5 stars Rick is a musical genius he pays instruments without effort ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bravo 👏🏻 Best wishes always from Las Vegas Craig

Just so happy to get the jazz out of you!! Thank you very much. Bud sure was fluid.

rick these videos on jazz/bebop are so good please do more!

I discovered Bud recently & he’s at one with his instrument, scatting along. Brilliant artist, absolutely love him.

Loved this video. I'm pleased to see Bud's perennially amazing work gaining a wider audience.

You are truly a master musician Rick...and a master teacher of music

Absolutely brilliant composition. And those walking bass lines! Whooo hooo!

Watching Bud Powell, and hearing your excellent analysis (as usual) of what's going on, it just is so impressive - and daunting. I just don't even think my mind could move that quickly over those fast changes. Maybe my fingers would do it unconsciously, after lots and lots of practice, but wow. I've been playing piano for 60 years and I realize I still have SO much to master!

TY RICK FOR BEING THE AWESOME SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND INSPIRATION FOR MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

The quality, depth of investigation, and musical knowledge of this channel is superb!

I have liked Powell piano since I began listening to jazz thirty five years ago. He did not have the same technique as Oscar Peterson or Tete Montoliu or Art Tatum or... but was very emotional. I love bebop a lot and Bud and Thelonious Monk are my favourites. I think that Powell had a lot of personal problems and they did not facilitate him to evolve technically.

Simply amazing!! Great breakdown Rick!

Thanx, I love Bud Powell, one of the founders of Bop. I always watch when you do the Jazz greats.

What a treat! Thank you so much!

The little tune 'Audrey' by Bud Powell is absolutely wonderful. Such a happy song. Love it!

Bud Powell was the model for Dexter Gordon’s character in the movie “‘Round Midnight.”

You always give great credit to other musicians, Rick, but what a good musician YOU are as well! Thansk again for a great video.

This was fantastic! The piano greats don't get enough love. I'd like to see him talk about the great Art Tatum and his amazing, blazing runs.

Speechless. What a joy to see and try to learn. Thank you.

You sir are a genius as well. Not that you created this great music, but rather that you can play it with incredible virtuosity and explain the theory and logic behind it. You can play it fast and slow, which I think is harder cause of the preciseness of it.

Thank you so much! More jazz on this channel plz ❤❤❤

Mr. Beato, you are a great teacher. Thank you.🎸🎹

Whenever we get a Rick Beato "Whooo", you know it's great stuff! Thx Rick! Go Lancers!

Great video Rick, I'm an Irish Trad guitar player and Telecaster rock god...these Jazz explanations are gold...I hope you make more.

Great compliments for Mr. Powell,I'm sure he's smiling in Heaven!!!

It's fun to listen to Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk side by side to get a genius contrast to two completely unique but equally great playing styles. Monk was probably the first supporter of Bud Powell and saw his genius well before others were willing to even give him a chance.

I’ve been obsessed with Barry Harris this past 2 years and he always reffed bud Powell. Great vid, I’m really grateful for the introduction to bebop greats

Bebop, hardbop, modal jazz and post bop to me these eras of Jazz music was the most exciting evolution of the genre.

I'd love to see more pianists covered on your channel, Rick. Rock, pop, blues, jazz - all of it.

Another musicians quote I read, is Charlie Parkers, who said, "The only other musician that can play me better then me, is BUD!"

Yup. I’ve got a whole Mosaic Bud Powell box set that is mind blowing stuff. Un Poco Loco always get multiple plays.

Man it is gold that you posted this, Rick. I been watching this obscure video for a few years now. The piano players who influenced me most are Bill Evans and Bobby Timmons. But Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell are right up there too! This the music young kids should be listening to!

As ever, thank you for the education and expansion of my understanding and enjoyment of the universe of music!

This is very helpful teaching, Rick. Needless to say, what makes Powell extraordinary is not that he can solo over rhythm changes, which, as you point out, pretty much any intermediate jazz musician can do (myself included, on good days). It's really the rhythmic and melodic strength of his lines.