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| 1. | I'll Remember April
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| 2. | (Back Home Again In) Indiana
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| 3. | Somebody Loves Me
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| 4. | I Should Care
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| 5. | Bud's Bubble
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| 6. | Off Minor
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| 7. | Nice Work If You Can Get It
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| 8. | Everything Happens to Me
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| 9. | Embraceable You
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| 10. | Burt Covers Bud
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| 11. | My Heart Stood Still
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| 12. | You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
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| 13. | Bags' Groove
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| 14. | My Devotion
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| 15. | Stella by Starlight
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| 16. | Woody 'N You
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Jazz / Bop
Bud Powell - Piano
Art Taylor - Drums
Brian Priestley Liner Notes
Curly Russell Bass
George Duvivier Bass
Max Roach Drums
Teddy Reig Producer
All of the music on this single CD is included in the Blue Note four-CD "complete" set (the best way to acquire these important performances); however listeners who do not have the larger reissue will not go wrong by getting this CD. The first eight selections (which find the pianist joined by bassist Curley Russell and drummer Max Roach) are from Bud Powell's first trio date and he is in prime form on such numbers as "I'll Remember April," "Someboy Loves Me" and "Bud's Bubble." The second session (with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Art Taylor in 1953) does not quite reach the same heights but it does contain some fine playing from the founder of bop piano. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Bud Powell
Active Decades: '40s, '50s and '60s
Born: Sep 27, 1924 in New York, NY
Died: Jul 31, 1966 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop
One of the giants of the jazz piano, Bud Powell changed the way that virtually all post-swing pianists play their instruments. He did away with the left hand striding that had been considered essential earlier and used his left hand to state chords on an irregular basis. His right often played speedy single-note lines, essentially transforming Charlie Parker's vocabulary to the piano (although he developed parallel to "Bird").
Tragically, Bud Powell was a seriously ill genius. After being encouraged and tutored to an extent by his friend Thelonious Monk at jam sessions in the early '40s, Powell was with Cootie Williams' orchestra during 1943-1945. In a racial incident, he was beaten on the head by police; Powell never fully recovered and would suffer from bad headaches and mental breakdowns throughout the remainder of his life. Despite this, he recorded some true gems during 1947-1951 for Roost, Blue Note, and Verve, composing such major works as "Dance of the Infidels," "Hallucinations" (also known as "Budo"), "Un Poco Loco," "Bouncing With Bud," and "Tempus Fugit." Even early on, his erratic behavior resulted in lost opportunities (Charlie Parker supposedly told Miles Davis that he would not hire Powell because "he's even crazier than me!"), but Powell's playing during this period was often miraculous.
A breakdown in 1951 and hospitalization that resulted in electroshock treatments weakened him, but Powell was still capable of playing at his best now and then, most notably at the 1953 Massey Hall Concert. Generally in the 1950s his Blue Notes find him in excellent form, while he is much more erratic on his Verve recordings. His warm welcome and lengthy stay in Paris (1959-1964) extended his life a bit, but even here Powell spent part of 1962-1963 in the hospital. He returned to New York in 1964, disappeared after a few concerts, and did not live through 1966.
In later years, Bud Powell's recordings and performances could be so intense as to be scary, but other times he sounded quite sad. However, his influence on jazz (particularly up until the rise of McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans in the 1960s) was very strong and he remains one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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