This version of the Bud Powell composition “Tempus Fugue-It” was developed by Vital Information featuring Manuel Valera on piano and Janek Gwizdala on electric bass. The tune is challenging to play because of the up-tempo and there are a few figures to negotiate. We recorded Tempus Fugue-It on the Vital Information album TIME FLIES. Steve Smith SONOR DRUMS 30th Anniversary Birdseye Amber drum kit made of Beech, in the following setup: 20x16" Bass Drum 08x08" Rack Tom 10x08" Rack Tom 12x08" Rack

Remembering Bud Powell on his birthday. (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966). Along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie, Powell was a leading figure in the development of modern jazz. His virtuosity led many to call him the "Charlie Parker" of the piano. He was one of the most underrated because he spent over a third of his life in mental and medical hospitals. He was beaten by the police when he was twenty and he never fully recovered from that beating and as a result, he