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Fantasy in D minor

Oil on canvas 83 x 77cm
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“He drew a keyboard on the wall
And played it for friends
Bud Powell was a legend”

Bud powell was an Amelican jazz pianist.
He was a child prodigy. He had a firm grounding in the classics before he began to play jazz.
During a murky encounter with Philadelphia police in 1945, Powell was beaten repeatedly over the head. His injuries seem to have intensified his mental problems. He spent time in and out of institutions. He sometimes stopped playing for minutes at a time to stare into the audience.
He died at forty-two….