Bud Powell: Parisian Thoroughfare (trio version)

Bud Powell moans through his trios performance of Parisian Thoroughfare, but you can forgive him, in light on what he put down on tape before the music abruptly cuts off at 3 minutes and 22 seconds. Yes, its something of an incomplete take. But what an incomplete take it is. Max Roach and Curley Russell keep the rhythm churning while Powell tears up the keys, his fingers moving as quickly as his brain can find things to say. And he never stops. And he never hits a note one might consider wrong. Amazing Bud Powell indeed.