Bud Powell Trio
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Studio album by Bud Powell | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | January 10, 1947; September 1953 | |||
Genre | Jazz, bebop | |||
Length | 43:04 | |||
Label | Roost / Roulette | |||
Producer | Teddy Reig | |||
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Bud Powell Trio is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Roost in 1957, featuring two sessions that Powell recorded in 1947 and 1953. The 1947 session was Powell's first studio recording as leader, and was originally released as a 10" LP called The Bud Powell Trio.
The album was released on CD in 1990 by Roulette, which acquired Roost in 1958. The material is also available on The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings box set from Blue Note.
Track listing
All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 2:52
- "Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:44
- "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, B. G. De Sylva) – 2:56
- "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:00
- "Bud's Bubble" (based on "Little Benny" (Benny Harris)) – 2:34
- "Off Minor" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:21
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:17
- "Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 2:39
- "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:48
- "Burt Covers Bud" (based on "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins)) – 3:05
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:15
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 2:38
- "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 2:12
- "My Devotion" (Roc Hillman, Johnny Napton) – 3:05
- "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) – 2:08
- "Woody'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:00
Personnel
Performance
- Bud Powell plays piano on all tracks.
January 10, 1947, New York. Tracks 1-8.
September 1953, New York. Tracks 9-16.
- George Duvivier – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
Production
- Teddy Reig – producer
- Burt Goldblatt – cover design
- Brian Priestley – CD liner notes
Release history
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The 1947 session was originally recorded for De Luxe Records but not released. Two years later Roost released the session in a series of four 78s: "Somebody Loves Me c/w Bud's Bubble" (Roost 509), "I'll Remember April c/w Off Minor" (Roost 513), "Indiana c/w Everything Happens to Me" (Roost 518), and "I Should Care c/w Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Roost 521), and released all 8 tracks as a 10" LP in 1951.[3] The 1953 session was released directly as a 10" LP.[4]
Bud Powell Trio 10" LP (RLP 401)
- "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, MacDonald, De Sylva) – 2:56
- "Bud's Bubble" – 2:34
- "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) – 2:49
- "Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) – 2:44
- "I'll Remember April" (de Paul, Johnston, Raye) – 2:52
- "I Should Care" (Stordahl, Weston, Cahn) – 3:00
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:17
- "Off Minor" (Monk) – 2:21
Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 10" LP (RLP 412)
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:15
- "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:48
- "Woody'n You" (Gillespie) – 3:00
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter) – 2:38
- "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) – 2:12
- "Stella by Starlight" (Young) – 2:08
- "Burt Covers Bud" – 3:05
- "My Devotion" (Hillman, Napton) – 3:05
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike. "Royal Roost/Roost Album Discography". Both Sides Now Publications. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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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)