Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell

(September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966 in New York City)

Music: "Parisian Thoroughfare" by Bud Powell

 American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk.