Dance of the Infidels

Jazz pianist Powell's life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy, physical and mental abuse, and the indifference of his contemporari... » 

Jazz pianist Powell's life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy, physical and mental abuse, and the indifference of his contemporaries. This biography is written by the young jazz fan who met him in the late 1950s and released him from his unfavourable surroundings. «