Apparently Miles Davis said Powell was beaten by a Savoy Ballroom bouncer after walking in the club without any money. You're mistreating the greatest pianist in the world." According to this account, Bud was struck on the head by a police officer with a nightstick, and it was this injury that led to his future hospitalisations and behaviour. Bud tried to prevent the police from the door and yelled, "Stop, you don't know what you're doing. According to Monk biographer Thomas Fitterling, the police raided the venue and singled out Monk, who refused to show his identification and was arrested with force. Other biographies claimed that In Walked Bud was written by Monk as a 'thank you' to Bud following a raid on the Savoy Ballroom in 1945. Ten days later, with continuing headaches, he was admitted to Bellevue hospital and then to a state Psychiatric hospital sixty miles away where he stayed for two and a half months. Apparently, Dexter Gordon told the story that Bud was found wandering around Broad Street station drunk, arrested by the railroad police, beaten and handed over to the city police who locked him up. His period with Cootie ended with the now well-known incident in January 1945 when Bud was separated from the band after a gig in Philadelphia. Photograph Bud Powell played piano on some of Cootie Williams's Swing Orchestra recording dates in 1944, the last of which included the first-ever recording of Monk's 'Round Midnight.
They became good friends and Bud would develop Monk's ideas on piano. Monk took Bud under his wing and introduced him to the musicians at Minton's Playhouse. Bud was actually underage for Uptown House, but this didn't seem to stop him being there. One of the places he frequented was Uptown House and there he heard the beginnings of bebop and met Thelonious Monk. He heard Art Tatum and began to listen to the pianist whenever he could in local venues. Bud's older brother played trumpet, and by the age of fifteen, Bud was playing in his brother's band. By ten, he was showing an interest in Swing and it is said that the first number he got to grips with was James P. When this recording was made, Bud had just another eight years to live.īud's father was a pianist and it is not surprising that Bud was taking classical piano lessons by the age of five. Listen to In Walked Bud from Thelonious Monk's 1958 Misterioso album with Thelonious Monk (piano), Bud was born on Septem Monk was his senior by seven years (born October 1917). Bud was born and raised in Harlem and close as he was to Monk, Bud's primary influence was Art Tatum.
It was dedicated to his friend and fellow pianist Bud Powell. Thelonious Monk first recorded In Walked Bud in 1947. Suddenly in walked Bud and then they got into somethin'
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