Bud!
Bud! | ||||
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Studio album by the Amazing Bud Powell | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | August 3, 1957 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:28 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 1571 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
the Amazing Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
DownBeat | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Bud!, also known as The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3, is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on August 3, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year. Powell is backed by rhythm section Paul Chambers and Art Taylor, with guest appearances from trombonist Curtis Fuller on three tracks.[4]
Background
The album was first released in 1957 as a 12" LP.
In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD with an extra alternate take of "Blue Pearl", and with the tracks listed in session chronological order. The version of the album included on the third disc of The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings, a 4 disc box set, is that from the first CD release in 1989.[5]
The album was digitally remastered in 2001 by Rudy Van Gelder and re-issued in January, 2002 as part of Blue Note's The RVG Edition series. The track listing was changed back to the original LP order, with the alternate take of "Blue Pearl" following.
Reception
Dom Cerulli of DownBeat recommended the album, noting, "Bud displays such artistry and such genuine genius, that it may well stand among the classic examples of his work in the years to come." He described "Bud on Bach" as "THE track in the set."[2]
Track listing
Original release
All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Some Soul" | 6:56 |
2. | "Blue Pearl" | 3:46 |
3. | "Frantic Fancies" | 4:50 |
4. | "Bud on Bach" | 2:30 |
5. | "Keepin' in the Groove" | 2:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Idaho" | Jesse Stone | 5:14 |
2. | "Don't Blame Me" | 7:31 | |
3. | "Moose the Mooche" | Charlie Parker | 5:45 |
1989 CD reissue
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Blue Pearl" | 3:46 | |
2. | "Blue Pearl" (alternate take) | 4:03 | |
3. | "Keepin' in the Groove" | 2:53 | |
4. | "Some Soul" | 6:56 | |
5. | "Frantic Fancies" | 4:50 | |
6. | "Bud on Bach" | 2:30 | |
7. | "Idaho" | Stone | 5:14 |
8. | "Don't Blame Me" |
| 7:31 |
9. | "Moose the Mooche" | Parker | 5:45 |
- The 2001 RVG edition preserves the original track listing, placing the "Blue Pearl" alternate take at the end.
Personnel
Musicians
- Bud Powell – piano
- Curtis Fuller – trombone ("Idaho", "Don't Blame Me", "Moose the Mooche")
- Paul Chambers – bass (except "Bud on Bach")
- Art Taylor – drums (except "Bud on Bach")
Technical personnel
Original
- Alfred Lion – producer, original session producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
Reissue
- Michael Cuscuna – producer
- Michael Boland – art direction and design
- Gordan H. Jee – creative direction
- Bob Blumenthal – liner notes
References
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ a b Cerulli, Dom (February 20, 1958). "Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell". DownBeat. pp. 26, 27.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Blue Note BLP 1571)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at AllMusic
External links
- Bud Powell at jazzdisco.org
- Bud!,... at BlueNote.com
- v
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or co-leader
- Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53)
- Jazz Giant/Piano Solos/Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)
- The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51)
- The Genius of Bud Powell/Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)
- Inner Fires (1953)
- The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953)
- Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956)
- Jazz Original/Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)
- The Lonely One... (1955)
- Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955)
- Blues in the Closet (1956)
- Strictly Powell (1956)
- Bud! (1957)
- Swingin' with Bud (1957)
- Bud Plays Bird (1957–58)
- Time Waits (1958)
- The Scene Changes (1958)
- Bud in Paris (1959–60)
- The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960)
- A Portrait of Thelonious (1961)
- A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961)
- 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961)
- At the Golden Circle (1962)
- Bouncing with Bud (1962)
- Americans in Europe (split album, 1963)
- Bud Powell in Paris (1963)
- Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 (1961–64)
- Eternity (1961–64)
- The Invisible Cage (1964)
- Holidays in Edenville, 64 (1964)
- The Return of Bud Powell (1964)
- Award at Birdland, 64 (1964)
- Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
- Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944)
- New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945)
- Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946)
- J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946)
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- One Night in Birdland (1950)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953)
- Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
- Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
and box sets
- Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48)
- The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55)
- The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63)
- The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57)
- The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
- "Bouncing with Bud" (1946)
- "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949)
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951)
- "Un Poco Loco" (1951)
- "Glass Enclosure" (1953)
- "Mediocre" (1955)
- "Bud on Bach" (1957)
- "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
- Round Midnight (1986)