Bud Powell - The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947-63)

Bud Powell - The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947-63)

jazz | 4cd | eac-flac-cue-log-covers | 1570MB

BN CDP 7243 8 30083 2 2 | rel: 1994

Allmusic:
Although pianist Bud Powell recorded some great albums elsewhere (most notably his first couple of sessions for Verve), on the whole his Blue Note records were his most significant and definitive. This four-CD set has all of the music from his five Blue Note albums, his two sessions for the Roost label, and all known alternate takes. Powell literally changed the way that the piano is played in jazz, and this magnificent set has more than its share of classics. In addition to the many trio performances, trombonist Curtis Fuller sits in on three numbers, there are a few solo cuts, and one date features Powell at the head of a quintet with trumpeter Fats Navarro and the young tenor Sonny Rollins. Although there are a few faltering moments in the later dates, this essential release (unlike the similar Verve reissue) is quite consistent.

Tracks
cd1:
1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 2:54
2. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:45
3. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, B. G. De Sylva) – 2:56
4. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:02
5. "Bud's Bubble" – 2:36
6. "Off Minor" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:24
7. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:20
8. "Everything Happens To Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 2:41
9. "Bouncing with Bud" (alternate take #1) (Gil Fuller, Powell) – 3:03
10. "Bouncing with Bud" (alternate take #2) (Fuller, Powell) – 3:12
11. "Bouncing with Bud" (Fuller, Powell) – 3:01
12. "Wail" (alternate take) – 2:38
13. "Wail" – 3:02
14. "Dance of the Infidels" (alternate take) – 2:52
15. "Dance of the Infidels" – 2:50
16. "52nd Street Theme" (Monk) – 2:45
17. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:11
18. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 2:20
19. "Ornithology" (alternate take) (Harris, Parker) – 3:07
20. "Un Poco Loco" (alternate take #1) – 3:46
21. "Un Poco Loco" (alternate take #2) – 4:28
22. "Un Poco Loco" – 4:42
23. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 2:55
cd2:
1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:16
2. "A Night in Tunisia" (alternate take) (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 3:52
3. "It Could Happen to You" (alternate take) (James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:22
4. "It Could Happen to You" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 3:16
5. "Parisian Thoroughfare" – 3:25
6. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:51
7. "Reets and I" (Benny Harris) – 3:18
8. "Reets and I" (alternate take) (Harris) – 2:30
9. "Sure Thing" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 2:39
10. "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take) (Oscar Pettiford) – 2:11
11. "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (Pettiford) – 3:01
12. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 4:00
13. "I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:50
14. "Audrey" – 2:54
15. "Glass Enclosure" – 2:21
16. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:51
17. "Burt Covers Bud" – 3:07
18. "My Heart Stood Still" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:20
19. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 2:41
20. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 2:14
21. "My Devotion" (Roc Hillman, Johnny Napton) – 3:05
22. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) – 2:10
23. "Woody 'N' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:00
cd3:
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" (Jesse Stone) – 5:14
8. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 7:31
9. "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 5:45
10. "John's Abbey" – 5:36
11. "Sub City" (alternate take) – 2:36
12. "Sub City" – 4:32
13. "John's Abbey" (alternate take) – 2:25
14. "Buster Rides Again" – 5:30
cd4:
1. "Dry Soul" – 6:41
2. "Marmalade" – 4:28
3. "Monopoly" – 4:47
4. "Time Waits" – 5:06
5. "The Scene Changes" – 3:59
6. "Down With It" – 3:58
7. "Comin' Up" (alternate take) – 5:26
8. "Comin' Up" – 7:54
9. "Duid Deed" – 5:06
10. "Cleopatra's Dream" – 4:22
11. "Gettin' There" – 5:01
12. "Crossin' The Channel" – 3:28
13. "Danceland" – 3:41
14. "Borderick" – 1:58
15. "Like Someone in Love" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 6:18

personnel
* piano: Bud Powell
* bass: Curly Russell, Tommy Potter, George Duvivier, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Pierre Michelot
* drums: Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Clarke
* trumpet: Fats Navarro
* sax: Sonny Rollins
* trombone: Curtis Fuller

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Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, JJ Johnson (1950)

Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, JJ Johnson (1950)

jazz, | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 195MB

OJC

Allmusic:

This superb CD reissues the complete output of three classic bop sessions including five "new" alternate takes. Sonny Stitt (who plays tenor throughout) is heard in a quintet with trombonist J.J. Johnson, pianist John Lewis, bassist Nelson Boyd and drummer Max Roach (playing three Johnson compositions and the original version of John Lewis's "Afternoon in Paris") and in a quartet with the great pianist Bud Powell, bassist Curly Russell and Max Roach. The latter two sessions are highlighted by rapid versions of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm," "Strike up the Band" and "Fine and Dandy." Highly recommended music.

Tracks
-1. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronisław Kaper) - 2:57
-2. "Sonny Side" - 2:21
-3. "Bud's Blues" - 2:32
-4. "Sunset" - 3:44
-5. "Fine and Dandy" (Paul James, Kay Swift) - 2:39
-6. "Fine and Dandy" [alternate take] (James, Swift) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
-7. "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:26
-8. "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 3:09
-9. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) - 2:32
-10. "Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) - 3:03
-11. "Afternoon in Paris" [alternate take] (Lewis) - 2:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
-12. "Elora" (J.J. Johnson) - 3:03
-13. "Elora" [alternate take] (Johnson) - 3:07
-14. "Teapot" (Johnson) - 2:43
-15. "Teapot" [alternate take] (Johnson) - 3:01
-16. "Blue Mode" (Johnson) - 3:45
-17. "Blue Mode" [alternate take] (Johnson) - 2:49
* All compositions by Sonny Stitt except as indicated
* Recorded in New York City on October 17, 1949 (tracks 10-17), December 11, 1949 (tracks 1-4) and January 26, 1950 (tracks 5-9)

Personnel
* Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone
* J. J. Johnson - trombone (tracks 10-17)
* John Lewis (tracks 10-17), Bud Powell (tracks 1-9) - piano
* Nelson Boyd (tracks 10-17), Curly Russell (tracks 1-9) - bass
* Max Roach - drums

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Bud Powell - A Portrait Of Thelonious (1961) (eac-log-cover)

Bud Powell - A Portrait Of Thelonious (1961)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 290MB

Columbia/Legacy

Allmusic:
This CD reissue is one of the most rewarding Bud Powell recordings to come from his period in France. Powell (along with bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Kenny Clarke) explores four of Thelonious Monk's tunes, Earl Bostic's "No Name Blues" and the standard "There Will Never Be Another You" but it is the final two numbers ("I Ain't Foolin'" and "Squatty") which really find the bop master at his most spirited and swinging. This very rewarding CD releases for the first time the alternate take (a faster rendition without a clear melody) of "Squatty," a song that (based on its original version) deserves to be revived. One oddity: the applause heard throughout this release was added on later because this was actually a studio album.

Tracks:
All songs were written by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
01. "Off Minor" – 5:20
02. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:17
03. "Ruby, My Dear" – 5:46
04. "No Name Blues" (Earl Bostic) – 6:38
05. "Thelonious" – 3:46
06. "Monk's Mood" – 7:06
07. "I Ain't Fooling" (Charles Albertine) – 3:19
08. "Squatty" (Brian Fahey) – 5:48
09. "Squatty" [unissued alternate] (Fahey) – 5:04 (not on original LP)

Personnel:
* Bud Powell – piano
* Pierre Michelot – bass
* Kenny Clarke – drums

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Bud Powell - Birdland 1953: The Complete Trio Recordings 2cd (eac-log-cover)

Bud Powell - Birdland 1953: The Complete Trio Recordings

jazz | 2cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 530MB

Fresh Sound | rar +5% recovery

AMG:
The premiere bebop pianist Bud Powell, who was plagued by mental illness on and off after suffering through a police beating in 1945, had spent much of 1952 in an institution. Released in February 1953, he was in generally excellent form throughout the year, appearing at Massey Hall in a famous concert with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and recording an album apiece for Blue Note and Roost. The music on Birdland 1953 is comprised of trio performances with Powell being joined by either Oscar Pettiford, Franklin Skeete, Charles Mingus, George Duvivier or Curly Russell on bass and Roy Haynes, Sonny Payne, Art Taylor or Max Roach on drums. The 42 selections on this two-CD set are taken from radio broadcasts that emanated from Birdland in NY between February and September 1953. Much of the music had previously been released but on bootleg LPs from such labels as Alto, Base, Session Disc and Queen Disc. The sound has been cleaned up and is now decent for the period if not state-of-the-art. More importantly, Powell sounds on his game, ripping into "Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy," "Ornithology" and such originals as "Budo," "Dance of the Infidels," "Un Poco Loco" and "Parisian Thoroughfare." He is intense on the ballads, blazing on the up-tempo numbers and sounds quite original throughout. Bebop fans will have to get this two-fer for it is one of the last times on record that Bud Powell can be heard in his playing prime.

Tracks:
CD-1
01. Tea for Two
02. It Could Happen To You
03. Lover Come Back To Me
04. Lullaby of Birdland
05. I Want To Be Happy
06. Embraceable You
07. I've Got You Under My Skin
08. Ornithology
09. Lullaby of Birdland
10. How High The Moon
11. Budo
12. Hallelujah
13. I've Got You Under My Skin
14. Embraceable You
15. I Want To Be Happy
16. I've Got You Under My Skin
17. Sure Thing
18. Embraceable You
19. Woody 'n You
20. Salt Peanuts
21. Lullaby of Birdland
CD-2
01. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
02. Autumn in New York
03. I Want To Be Happy
04. Budo
05. My Hear Stood Still
06. Dance of the Infidels
07. Dance of the Infidels
08. My Heart Stood Still
09. Un poco loco
10. Parisian Throughfare
11. Dance of the Infidels
12. Glass Enclosure
13. Parisian Throughfare
14. Dance of the Infidels
15. Un poco loco
16. Oblivion
17. Parisian Throughfare
18. Dance of the Infidels
19. Embraceable You
20. Un poco loco
21. Oblivion

Personnel:
Bud Powell (p) with Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Franklin Skeets, George Duvivier, Curley Russell (b) and Roy Haynes, Sonny Payne, Art Taylor, Max Roach (d)

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