The Return of Bud Powell
The Return of Bud Powell | ||||
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Studio album by Bud Powell | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | September 18, 1964 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 49:57 | |||
Label | Roulette | |||
Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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The Return of Bud Powell is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded in 1964 and released the same year by Roulette Records. Also on the album were bassist John Ore and drummer J. C. Moses.[1][2]
Author and pianist Francis Paudras highlighted disagreements between Powell and Moses prior to the session, with the pianist only agreeing to play with Moses on the condition that the volume of the drums be reduced during mixing.[3]
Reception
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A writer for Billboard stated that, on the album, Powell is "just as strong, polished and vibrantly exciting as before," and noted that Ore and Moses "romp along with him."[6]
Trevor Tolley of Coda wrote: "while the fingering is clean and the tone well sustained, the performances are rhythmically limp, and one has the sense at times that the bass and drums are doing their best to fit in, so as to hide the rhythmic uncertainty."[7]
Harvey Pekar, writing for DownBeat, gave a mixed evaluation of the album, noting on two of the tracks that during pauses between phrases, "it's almost as if he's trying to catch his breath before playing the next lick. His sense of time is also none too sharp." However, he praised "If I Loved You" and "Someone to Watch Over Me," noting, "he seems to be on another planet, demonstrating a harmonic sense as advanced in its way as that of any 'new thing' musician, and conveying a feeling of great poignancy."[4]
Track listing
- "I Know That You Know" (Anne Caldwell, Vincent Youmans) – 5:59
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:52
- "The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin) – 4:56
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:46
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 5:44
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:29
- "Hallucinations" (Powell) – 4:54
- "If I Loved You" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:36
- "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 5:38
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 4:03
Personnel
- Bud Powell – piano
- John Ore – bass
- J. C. Moses – drums
References
- ^ a b "Bud Powell - The Return of Bud Powell Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Bud Powell Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ Paudras, Francis (1998). Dance of the Infidels. Da Capo Press. pp. 328–330.
- ^ a b Pekar, Harvey (April 8, 1965). "The Return of Bud Powell". DownBeat. p. 31.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 692.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. December 5, 1964. p. 48 – via Google Books.
- ^ Tolley, Trevor (March 2000). "Dance of the Infidels: Bud Powell". Coda. No. 290. p. 31.
- 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)