^Lot 712 Earl ‘Bud’ Powell

Jazz pianist (1924-1966). DS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 16.5, July 26, 1949. Uniform popular songwriters contract between J. J. Robbins and Powell in which Powell sells “a certain unpublished original musical composition…entitled Strictly Confidential,” in exchange for no money, but with a fixed royalty of three cents per copy, 50% of foreign royalties, 10% of orchestrations, and 50% of electrical transcriptions. Signed on the last page by Powell. In fine condition. ‘Strictly Confidential’ was one of a series of informal performances recorded in Francis Paudras' apartment in Paris.