The KCCK Featured Album for February is “Bud Powell in the 21st Century” by Ethan Iverson. Of the half dozen true pioneers of the bebop movement, pianist Bud Powell has remained somewhat in the shadows. His brilliant original compositions are essential, infinitely listenable but also strangely tricky. Pianist and historian Iverson provides a fantastic validation of Powell’s compositional genius on his new recording, a reworking of a number of Powell’s pieces. He has stylishly recreated the legend’s works for a grand big band to perform on a festival stage in Italy. “Bud Powell in the 21st Century” is on Sunnyside Records. Purchase the album.