他和路易斯·阿姆斯壯是1920年代樂壇上,數一數二、最具影響力的爵士獨奏家。他的作品中,尤以〈Singin' the Blues〉(1927年)和〈I'm Coming, Virginia〉(1927年)最為眾所讚嘆,淋漓盡致地展現了他異常純粹的音色和即興天分。也由於這二首樂曲,他協助創立了爵士謠曲風格,進而促成1950年代冷爵士樂的興起。他為數極少的鋼琴樂曲作品中,唯一留下錄音記錄的〈In a Mist〉(1927年)則開創性的融合古典元素與爵士切分音風格。拜德貝克啟發了眾多爵士後輩,如平·克勞斯貝,也經由法蘭克·楚鮑爾間接影響了萊斯特·楊。[1]
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