I never realised before that his older brother Richie played on Sonny Rollins +4 and lots of Clifford brown/Max Roach recordings of that era and was actually making more money as a gigging musician than Bud ever could - before he died in a car crash. It seems Bud could be very haughty and indifferent, or just plain uncommunicative with musicians he felt weren't worthy to play with him. Which obv isn't the best manner for getting regular work and especially when you are already vulnerable to downtime due to racist police problems, or drugs or recovering from the savage ECT treatment he regularly received in psych wards.
― calzino, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link