Description
TitleBud Powell home movies and benefit concert at the Salle Wagram
Date Created1950-1994
DescriptionThe film is silent and begins with footage of Edenville, a resort town in Normandy, France. Bud Powell with Francis Paudras, and other friends are at an outdoor restaurant or cafe. There are clips of Bud Powell in Francis Paudras's car. The clips of Powell's funeral procession in New York City in 1966 includes scenes of the Lee Morgan quintet playing on a Jazzmobile. At 8:20 are Thelonious Monk and Nellie Monk at Orly airport in Paris, France. At the airport with Monk are George Wein, Jean-Louis Ginibre, Andre Francis, Charlie Rouse, and Butch Warren. Lucien Malson, Bud Powell, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Nicole Grassian, Francis Paudras, and Ben Riley greet Monk outside the airport. There is also a clip of Bud Powell and Francis Paudras at Paudras's apartment in France. At 13:10, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, and Butch Warren are on stage. Next are clips of Monk and Powell, possibly backstage. There is footage of Powell at the sanatorium (Bouffemont)) and the sanatorium kitchen. Powell and Paudras are also in an auditorium, most likely for sanitorium performance. At 19:15, Donald Byrd (trumpet), Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone), Art Taylor (drums), Georges Arvanitas (piano), and Michel Gaudry (bass) perform at the Bud Powell benefit concert at the Salle Wagram. There is a second band performing at the concert which includes Rene Urtreger (piano), Alby Cullaz (bass), and Daniel Humair (drums). The third band includes Roger Guerin on the trumpet and possibly Rene Urtreger. At 23:03, Paudras speaks with two men. At 23:40, Le Double Six (Mimi Perrin, Caudine Barge, Moniwue Aldebert, Bob Smart, Jean-Claude Briodin, Louis Aldebert) perform. At 24:23, Hazel Scott (vocalist), Rene Urtreger (piano), and Pierre Michelot (bass) perform at the concert. At 25:44, there is a brief clip of Hazel Scott singing and playing the piano. At 25:55, Jean Louis Chautemps (tenor saxophone), Jacques Di Donato (alto saxophone), Jean-Luc Ponty (violinist), Jef Gilson (piano), and Henri Texier (bass) perform at the benefit concert. At 27:37, Mae Mercer (vocalist) performs with Michel Sardaby (piano), and Charles Bellonzi (drums). The film ends with stills of poster for the Bud Powell benefit concert at the Salle Wagram, Grand Festival De Jazz Moderne on March 13, 1964.
NoteThis project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
NoteOne video file (mp4)
Notetwo rolls were combined and slugged
GenreAmateur films, Short films, Nonfiction films, Documentary films
CollectionFrancis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell
Organization NameRutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
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