Bud Powell is another one of my favorite jazz pianist. He was also another victim of systemic racism in America. He was a jazz music genius who suffered from long term mental problems and a drug habit triggered by the racial discrimination he experienced every day in the 40's and 50's America put him in mental institutions. He later moved to Paris to escape the racism but sadly died at the age of 41. A tragic loss for jazz and American music.
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