The Lonely One...
The Lonely One... | ||||
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Studio album by Bud Powell | ||||
Released | September 3, 1959 | |||
Recorded | January 13, April 25 & 27, 1955 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:17 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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The Lonely One... is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1959 by Verve.[1][2] It contains three sessions that Powell recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York in 1955.
The album was released as a CD replica by Verve (Japan) in 2006 (POCJ-2742). The sessions (with alternate takes) are also available on The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1994) CD box-set.
History
The first three tracks here, with the four tracks that appeared on Piano Interpretations, complete the April 27 session as far as master takes go. "Willow Weep for Me" from the April 25 session had already appeared on Piano Interpretations.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Billboard | [4] |
DownBeat | [5] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [6] |
The January 13 session has excited comment:
the most striking cut is the session's first. On "Mediocre," Powell plays a repetitive melody over a descending series of chords for about three minutes, making increasingly outré variations on the melody rather than soloing over the chords. Slyly humorous, in the manner of Monk, for the first minute or so, the descending chords become increasingly disjointed and mechanical as the record progresses.[7]
A DownBeat reviewer remarked, "One of Powell's marked characteristics is his penchant for the unexpected—whether it be chord, arpeggio, or twisted line. This is no less true here," noting in particular the composition "Mediocre" because "Powell strides like Fats Waller in the left hand while paving tribute to Thelonious Monk in the right."[5]
A writer for Billboard stated: "the disk reveals some of Powell's remarkable piano work and some of his inconsistencies as well... A most interesting platter for the many Powell fans."[4]
Track listing 12" LP (MGV 8301)
All compositions by Bud Powell unless otherwise noted
Side A
- "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) – 4:24
- "Star Eyes" (Gene De Paul, Don Raye) – 3:32
- "Lullaby in Rhythm" (Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch) – 3:53
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) – 4:43
- "Mediocre" – 2:59
Side B
- "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:33
- "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 3:03
- "Dance of the Infidels" – 2:21
- "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke) – 2:22
- "Hey George" (aka "Sweet Georgia Brown") (Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 3:27
Personnel
Performance
April 27, 1955, side A tracks 1-3. April 25, 1955, side A track 4. Fine Sound Studios, New York.
January 13, 1955, side A track 5 and side B tracks 1-5. Fine Sound Studios, New York.
- Percy Heath – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
Production
- Norman Granz – producer
- Sheldon Marks – art director
- Howard Morehead – cover photo
References
- ^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (MGV 8301)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 29, 1959. p. 38 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Lonely One - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Reviews and Ratings of New Albums". Billboard. June 29, 1959. p. 38 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Lonely One". DownBeat. September 3, 1959. p. 27.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 692.
- ^ Burnett, Patrick. "Bud Powell Box Collections". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
- v
- t
- e
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)