Person
Powell, Bud (1924-1966)
Dates
- Existence: 1924 - 1966
Gender
- male
Occupations
Places
- New York (N.Y.) (Place of Birth)
- New York (N.Y.) (Place of Death)
- United States (Associated Country)
- France (Other)
Topics
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0247
Abstract:
Francis Paudras (1935-1997) was an artist, amateur pianist, and jazz enthusiast who developed a close friendship with jazz bebop pianist, Bud Powell (1924-1966). In the early 1960s, Paudras invited Powell to live with him in his Paris apartment, where he became Powell’s caretaker and unofficial manager. The Francis Paudras collection on Bud Powell documents Paudras’s friendship with Powell and includes home movies, interviews about Powell, scrapbooks, footage of Powell’s 1966 funeral...