Powell Bud Intro (1 results)

First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author to historian, record-producer, and pre-eminent collector of jazz photography, Frank Driggs, inscribed warmly on the half-title, "Pays off old scores! To Frank Driggs with my gratitude for his great help and contribution in this tribut [sic] to Bud, Friendship always. Francis Paudras 24/10/86." Inscribed copies are certainly uncommon. Superb biographical essay on the legendary pianist Bud Powell by his friend and Paris protector. Paudras's relationship with the troubled Powell, as portrayed in this book, became the basis for Bernard Tavernier's film Round Midnight. The book forms a pair with his archival essay on Charlie Parker, To Bird with Love (1981). Quarto. Profusely illustrated. Original white cloth with Powell's autograph in blind to the front board. With dust jacket. Very good in very slightly rubbed jacket with one or two minor chips.…