Bud Powell

Pianist Bud Powell translated the fast, single-line phrasing of horn players like Parker and Gillespie to the keyboard, becoming the model for modern bebop piano. His right hand spun long improvised lines while his left punched sparse, dissonant chords, a division of labor that nearly every bop pianist after him absorbed. His Blue Note sessions, gathered on "The Amazing Bud Powell," remain core documents of the style.