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AVID Jazz here presents four classic albums by Bud Powell including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
Another fine release in AVIDs’ classic jazz series, here we welcome in jazz critic Leonard Feather’s words “the first and fore most of the bop pianists”. “Stictly Powell”, “The Genius Of Bud Powell”, “Swingin’ With Bud” (currently only available as an expensive import) and “Piano Interpretations By Bud Powell”.
Earl “Bud” Powell was born into a musical family in New York in 1924. Leaving school at 15 he gained his first professional experience at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem where as a precocious teenager he would astonish jazzmen sitting in on a series of experimental sessions along the way becoming a pioneer along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie or the new jazz movement………bebop! On three of our selections we find Bud in a trio format with George Duvivier on bass and Art Taylor on drums. For the “Genius Of Bud Powell “ album, Bud is heard primarily solo but is joined on two tracks recorded in New York in 1950 by bassist Ray Brown and legendary drummer Buddy Rich.
All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest ever sound quality!
CD1
1-11: ‘Strictly Powell’
1. There Will Never Be Another You
2. Coscrane
3. Over The Rainbow
4. Blues For Bessie
5. Time Was
6. Topsy Turvy
7. Lush Life
8. Elegy
9. They Didn’t Believe Me
10. I Cover The Waterfront
11. Jump City
12-21: ‘The Genius Of Bud Powell’
12. Parisienne Thorofare
13. Oblivion
14. Dusk In Sandi
15. Hallucinations
16. The Fruit
17. Tea For Two (Take 6)
18. Hallelujah
19. The Last Time I Saw Paris
20. Just One Of Those Things
21. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
22. Tea For Two (Take 5)
23. Tea For Two (Take 10)
CD2
1-11: ‘Swingin’ With Bud’
1. Another Dozen
2. Like Someone In Love
3. Salt Peanuts
4. She
5. Swedish Pastry
6. Shawnuff
7. Oblivion
8. In The Blue Of The Evening
9. Get It
10. Birdland Blues
11. Midway
12-20: ‘Piano Interpretations By Bud Powell’
12. Conception
13. East Of The Sun
14. Heart And Soul
15. Willow Grove
16. Crazy Rhythm
17. Willow Weep For Me
18. Bean And The Boys
19. Lady Bird
20. Stairway To The Stars
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