Wynton Kelly
piano
Pianist of Barry’s generation, known for his work with Miles Davis around 1960; Barry names him among the pianists who would all have called Bud Powell the best.
- mentions
- 2
- recordings
- 2
- Barry speaking
- 2
What Barry says
Barry says that if you had asked Wynton Kelly, like Bill Evans or Chick Corea, who the best piano player was, the answer would have been Bud Powell: in his era the pianists all agreed on one star.
In his own words
If you had asked Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, John Lewis, Hank Jones, me... If you had asked us who was the best pianist in the world, some of us would say, well, you know, we think Art Tatum.
If you went and asked Bill Evans... you’d say, who’s the best piano player, you’d say Bud Powell. You asked Wynton McCallie [Kelly], who’s the best piano player, Bud Powell.
Every mention
2 moments in the recordings, 2 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Interview: Detroit, Bud Powell and the shuffle
- 9:37
Like Bill Evans and Chick Corea, Kelly (caption ‘Win. Kelly’) would have named Bud Powell the best pianist.
Accepting the Bruce Lundvall Visionary Award
- 7:16
Listed (caption ‘wind. Kelley’) with Evans, John Lewis, Hank Jones and Barry, pianists who revered Bud Powell.
In the interviews and notes
Answering whether Barry ever met Bud Powell, a forum member cites Francis Paudras’s account of Powell’s 1964 return to Birdland: Wynton Kelly stood next to Barry in the line of musicians at the door, and after Bobby Timmons kissed Powell’s hand, Kelly and the rest did the same.
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Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.