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The Glass Enclosure

on BBC Radio 3

Bud Powell is one of the most important figures in the history of jazz piano, although his story is one of tragedy and .unfulfilled promise. He died in 1966 when he was only 41.
In tour programmes, Alyn Shipton looks at Powell's early life in New York where he worked with Cootie Williams and Dexter Gordon.

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Bud Powell
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Alyn Shipton
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Cootie Williams
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Dexter Gordon.

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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