Performance

In Walked Bud

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First heard in the late 1940s, Thelonious Monk’s “In Walked Bud” is a bebop-era tribute to fellow pianist Bud Powell, built partly on the harmonic frame of Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies.” In New York City, where Monk and Powell both shaped the music’s grammar in small clubs and late-night sessions, the piece reads like a portrait of friendship rendered in rhythm and surprise. At Dizzy’s Club, Brilliant Corners, Helen Sung, and DeWitt Fleming Jr. revisit a tune whose wit doubles as discipline. One can hear how Monk turns a familiar song form into something more angular and personal.