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He was the most brilliant of all the bebop pianists, and this 4-CD set captures him at his peak, during the early years of his career when he was redefining jazz piano-playing. A 48-page booklet tells Bud’s tragic tale, but there’s no whiff of tragedy in the scintillating 86 tracks that compose this boxed set; includes Roll ’Em; Blue Garden Blues; Long Tall Dexter; Bud’s Bubble; Bebop in Pastel; Good Kick; Fat Boy; Chasin’ the Bird; Tempus Fugue-It; I’ll Keep Loving You; Bouncing with Bud; Strictly Confidential; So Sorry Please; Ornithology, and more.