Editing Bud Powell (section)

=== 1943–1945: Cootie Williams's band ===
In his youth Powell listened to the adventurous performances at [[Clark Monroe's Uptown House]], a venue near his home. This was where [[Charlie Parker]] first appeared as a solo act when the saxophone player briefly stayed in New York between stints with swing bands.<ref name="Patrick 1983">Patrick, pp. 159–161.</ref> [[Thelonious Monk]] played at Uptown House. When Monk met Powell<ref name="Hentoff 1956 p=16">Hentoff p. 16.</ref> he introduced Powell to musicians who were starting to play bebop at [[Minton's Playhouse]]. Monk was a resident pianist, and he presented Powell as his protégé. Their mutual affection grew, and Monk wrote "[[In Walked Bud]]" as a tribute to their time together in Harlem.<ref name="Martin-Waters">''Jazz: The First 100 Years''. Henry Martin and Keith Waters. Cengage Learning, 2005; {{ISBN|0-534-62804-4}}, p. 215.</ref> Monk, Powell, and Hope held jam sessions together at Monk's home in [[San Juan Hill, Manhattan|San Juan Hill]], but as they only had one piano, they had to alternate playing.{{Sfn|Pullman|1994|p=61}}

Powell worked as a pianist for [[Big band|dance bands]], his incubation culminating in becoming the pianist for the swing orchestra of trumpeter [[Cootie Williams]]. Powell was the pianist on a handful of Williams's recording dates in 1944 and embarked on a tour of the South with his band.<ref name=":4" /> Among the tracks released was the first recording of Monk's "[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]]",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/1941-1944-classics-mw0000177060 |title=1941-1944 [Classics] - Cootie Williams & His Orchestra |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 22, 2017}}</ref> a tune Powell requested that Williams' band play.<ref name=":7" /> Powell frequently clashed with Williams over what tunes the band would play, and by the mid-1940s the pianist had shifted toward the [[bebop]] scene on [[52nd Street (Manhattan)|52nd Street]].<ref name="Gitler 1966 p=112" /> By the end of his time with Williams, Powell was the musical director and arranger for the trumpeter's band.{{Sfn|Pullman|1994|p=74}}