The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings
1994 box set by Bud Powell
The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings | ||||
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Box set by Bud Powell | ||||
Released | October 4, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1947–1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings is a four-disc box set by American jazz pianist Bud Powell compiling his recordings as leader for Blue Note, and two early sessions for Roost, released by Blue Note on October 4, 1994.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "I'll Remember April" |
| January 10, 1947 | 2:54 |
2. | "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" |
| January 10, 1947 | 2:45 |
3. | "Somebody Loves Me" |
| January 10, 1947 | 2:56 |
4. | "I Should Care" |
| January 10, 1947 | 3:02 |
5. | "Bud's Bubble" | January 10, 1947 | 2:36 | |
6. | "Off Minor" | Thelonious Monk | January 10, 1947 | 2:24 |
7. | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" |
| January 10, 1947 | 2:20 |
8. | "Everything Happens to Me" |
| January 10, 1947 | 2:41 |
9. | "Bouncing with Bud" (alternate take #1) |
| August 9, 1949 | 3:03 |
10. | "Bouncing with Bud" (alternate take #2) |
| August 9, 1949 | 3:12 |
11. | "Bouncing with Bud" |
| August 9, 1949 | 3:01 |
12. | "Wail" (alternate take) | August 9, 1949 | 2:38 | |
13. | "Wail" | August 9, 1949 | 3:02 | |
14. | "Dance of the Infidels" (alternate take) | August 9, 1949 | 2:52 | |
15. | "Dance of the Infidels" | August 9, 1949 | 2:50 | |
16. | "52nd Street Theme" | Monk | August 9, 1949 | 2:45 |
17. | "You Go to My Head" |
| August 9, 1949 | 3:11 |
18. | "Ornithology" |
| August 9, 1949 | 2:20 |
19. | "Ornithology" (alternate take) |
| August 9, 1949 | 3:07 |
20. | "Un Poco Loco" (alternate take #1) | May 1, 1951 | 3:46 | |
21. | "Un Poco Loco" | May 1, 1951 | 4:28 | |
22. | "Un Poco Loco" | May 1, 1951 | 4:42 | |
23. | "Over the Rainbow" | May 1, 1951 | 2:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "A Night in Tunisia" | May 1, 1951 | 4:16 | |
2. | "A Night in Tunisia" (alternate take) |
| May 1, 1951 | 3:52 |
3. | "It Could Happen to You" (alternate take) |
| May 1, 1951 | 2:22 |
4. | "It Could Happen to You" |
| May 1, 1951 | 3:16 |
5. | "Parisian Thoroughfare" | May 1, 1951 | 3:25 | |
6. | "Autumn in New York" | Vernon Duke | August 14, 1953 | 2:51 |
7. | "Reets and I" | Benny Harris | August 14, 1953 | 3:18 |
8. | "Reets and I" (alternate take) | Harris | August 14, 1953 | 2:30 |
9. | "Sure Thing" | August 14, 1953 | 2:39 | |
10. | "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take) | Oscar Pettiford | August 14, 1953 | 2:11 |
11. | "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" | Pettiford | August 14, 1953 | 3:01 |
12. | "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" |
| August 14, 1953 | 4:00 |
13. | "I Want to Be Happy" | August 14, 1953 | 2:50 | |
14. | "Audrey" | August 14, 1953 | 2:54 | |
15. | "Glass Enclosure" | August 14, 1953 | 2:21 | |
16. | "Embraceable You" |
| September 1953 | 2:51 |
17. | "Burt Covers Bud" | September 1953 | 3:07 | |
18. | "My Heart Stood Still" | September 1953 | 3:20 | |
19. | "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" | Cole Porter | September 1953 | 2:41 |
20. | "Bags' Groove" | Milt Jackson | September 1953 | 2:14 |
21. | "My Devotion" |
| September 1953 | 3:05 |
22. | "Stella by Starlight" | Victor Young | September 1953 | 2:10 |
23. | "Woody 'n' You" | Dizzy Gillespie | September 1953 | 3:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Blue Pearl" | August 3, 1957 | 3:46 | |
2. | "Blue Pearl" (alternate take) | August 3, 1957 | 4:03 | |
3. | "Keepin' in the Groove" | August 3, 1957 | 2:53 | |
4. | "Some Soul" | August 3, 1957 | 6:56 | |
5. | "Frantic Fancies" | August 3, 1957 | 4:50 | |
6. | "Bud on Bach" | August 3, 1957 | 2:30 | |
7. | "Idaho" | Jesse Stone | August 3, 1957 | 5:14 |
8. | "Don't Blame Me" | Parker | August 3, 1957 | 7:31 |
9. | "Moose the Mooche" | August 3, 1957 | 5:45 | |
10. | "John's Abbey" | May 24, 1958 | 5:36 | |
11. | "Sub City" (alternate take) | May 24, 1958 | 2:36 | |
12. | "Sub City" | May 24, 1958 | 4:32 | |
13. | "John's Abbey" (alternate take) | May 24, 1958 | 2:25 | |
14. | "Buster Rides Again" | May 24, 1958 | 5:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
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1. | "Dry Soul" | May 24, 1958 | 6:41 | |
2. | "Marmalade" | May 24, 1958 | 4:28 | |
3. | "Monopoly" | May 24, 1958 | 4:47 | |
4. | "Time Waits" | May 24, 1958 | 5:06 | |
5. | "The Scene Changes" | December 28, 1958 | 3:59 | |
6. | "Down with It" | December 28, 1958 | 3:58 | |
7. | "Comin' Up" (alternate take) | December 28, 1958 | 5:26 | |
8. | "Comin' Up" | December 28, 1958 | 7:54 | |
9. | "Duid Deed" | December 28, 1958 | 5:06 | |
10. | "Cleopatra's Dream" | December 28, 1958 | 4:22 | |
11. | "Gettin' There" | December 28, 1958 | 5:01 | |
12. | "Crossin' the Channel" | December 28, 1958 | 3:28 | |
13. | "Danceland" | December 28, 1958 | 3:41 | |
14. | "Borderick" | December 28, 1958 | 1:58 | |
15. | "Like Someone in Love" |
| May 23, 1963 | 6:18 |
Personnel
Musicians
January 10, 1947
- Bud Powell – piano
- Curly Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
- New York. Roost session – see Bud Powell Trio
August 9, 1949
- Bud Powell – piano
- Fats Navarro – trumpet (except "You Go to My Head" and "Ornithology")
- Sonny Rollins – tenor sax (except "You Go to My Head" and "Ornithology")
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
- WOR Studios, New York. See The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
May 1, 1951
- Bud Powell – piano
- Curly Russell – bass (except "Over the Rainbow" and "A Night in Tunisia")
- Max Roach – drums (except "Over the Rainbow" and "A Night in Tunisia")
- WOR Studios, New York. See The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 and The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
August 14, 1953
- Bud Powell – piano
- George Duvivier – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
- WOR Studios, New York. See The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
September 1953
- Bud Powell – piano
- George Duvivier – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
- New York. Roost session – see Bud Powell Trio
August 3, 1957
- Bud Powell – piano
- Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 7-9)
- Paul Chambers – bass (except track 6 – Powell solo)
- Art Taylor – drums (except track 6 – Powell solo)
- Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. See Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3)
May 24, 1958
- Bud Powell – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. See Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4)
December 28, 1958
- Bud Powell – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. See The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5)
May 23, 1963
- Bud Powell – piano
- Pierre Michelot – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
- CBS Studios, Paris. Disc 4, track 15. See Dexter Gordon's Our Man in Paris
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1179. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at allmusic.com
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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.
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)