1957 studio album by the Amazing Bud Powell
Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3 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] [ 5]
Release history
The album was first released in 1957 as a 12" LP.
In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD featuring 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 [ 6]
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 Bud on Bach " as "THE track in the set."[ 2]
Track listing
Original release
All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.
Side 1 Title 1. "Some Soul" 6:56 2. "Blue Pearl" 3:46 3. "Frantic Fancies" 4:50 4. "Solfeggietto " / "Bud on Bach " 2:30 5. "Keepin' in the Groove" 2:53
1989 CD reissue
Title Writer(s) 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
Technical personnel
Original
Reissue
References
^ AllMusic review ^ a b Cerulli, Dom (February 20, 1958). "Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell ". DownBeat ^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 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 . ^ Feather, Leonard (1988), Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 3 , retrieved 2024-12-14 ^ The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at AllMusic
External links
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
As leader
Bud Powell Trio Jazz Giant Piano Solos /Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)The Amazing Bud Powell The Genius of Bud Powell Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)Inner Fires The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 Bud Powell's Moods Jazz Original Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)The Lonely One... Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell Blues in the Closet Strictly Powell Bud! Swingin' with Bud Bud Plays Bird Time Waits The Scene Changes Bud in Paris The Essen Jazz Festival Concert A Portrait of Thelonious A Tribute to Cannonball Don Byas , 1961)'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note At the Golden Circle Bouncing with Bud Americans in Europe Bud Powell in Paris Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 Eternity The Invisible Cage Holidays in Edenville, 64 The Return of Bud Powell Award at Birdland, 64 Ups 'n Downs c. 1965) With others
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 Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson One Night in Birdland 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 Our Man in Paris Compilations Compositions Related
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