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Bud Powell, "The Amazing Bud Powell" Vol. 2, Blue Note, 12" Mono, Deep Groove, BLP 1504, April 1956, (first pressing with Lexington Ave. labels and cover, flat rim, etched RVG, Plastylite P), SIGNED and inscribed in black ink at his photograph on the front cover by Bud Powell; a landmark recording by the brilliant pianist, which features one of his most famous performances and compositions, the haunting "Glass Enclosure". Powell's short and troubled life was deeply compromised by mental and physical illness and by the death of his pianist- brother Richie in a car accident, which also took the life of trumpeter Clifford Brown. His extraordinary musical gifts were erratic and progressively diminished by schizophrenia, tuberculosis and the lingering effects of a vicious beating he suffered in 1945, from which he never fully recovered. Yet, Powell is celebrated as one of the greatest of all jazz pianists; as Gary Giddins eloquently states, Powell "influenced virtually every pianist who followed him…no other pianist, and precious few musicians in any age, speak to us with such electrifying urgency…he was our Schubert and Liszt rolled into one". Powell died in New York at the age of 41 in 1966. The album cover is about very good, soiling to slick, light rubbing to front cover, wear to corners, cello tape to seams;playing surfaces are visually very good +, lightly scuffed; the autograph in black ink is about fine without loss or fading. Powell's autograph in any form is scarce and signed to an album of his seminal recordings makes for a significant jazz collectible. Real/Roger Epperson COA accompanies the album. J 2003
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