Stopforbud / Stop for Bud (1963) Jrgen Leth, Ole John & Jens Jrgen Thorsen -

An experimental portrait of American jazz pianist Bud Powell. In most of the film, Powell walks the streets of Copenhagen, but there are also excerpts from ‘... a concert recording from Montmartre, where Powell’s fingers and face are studied in a series of beautiful, dark settings while he plays, but without synchronous sound. On the soundtrack, Bud Powell is heard playing, and Dexter Gordon tells a few stories at the beginning and end about Powell and his innovative impact on jazz’