The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings
The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings is a four-disc box set, released on October 4, 1994, containing the bulk of jazz pianist Bud Powell's recordings as leader for Blue Note Records, plus two early sessions for Roost Records.
| The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings | |
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| Released | Oct 4, 1994 |
| Recorded | 1947-1963 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Blue Note Records |
| Producer | Alfred Lion |
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| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Bud Powell.
Disc one
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 2:54
- "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:45
- "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, B. G. De Sylva) – 2:56
- "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:02
- "Bud's Bubble" – 2:36
- "Off Minor" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:24
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:20
- "Everything Happens To Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 2:41
- "Bouncing with Bud" (alternate take #1) (Gil Fuller, Powell) – 3:03
- "Bouncing with Bud" (alternate take #2) (Fuller, Powell) – 3:12
- "Bouncing with Bud" (Fuller, Powell) – 3:01
- "Wail" (alternate take) – 2:38
- "Wail" – 3:02
- "Dance of the Infidels" (alternate take) – 2:52
- "Dance of the Infidels" – 2:50
- "52nd Street Theme" (Monk) – 2:45
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:11
- "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 2:20
- "Ornithology" (alternate take) (Harris, Parker) – 3:07
- "Un Poco Loco" (alternate take #1) – 3:46
- "Un Poco Loco" (alternate take #2) – 4:28
- "Un Poco Loco" – 4:42
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 2:55
Disc two
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 4:16
- "A Night in Tunisia" (alternate take) (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 3:52
- "It Could Happen to You" (alternate take) (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:22
- "It Could Happen to You" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 3:16
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" – 3:25
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:51
- "Reets and I" (Benny Harris) – 3:18
- "Reets and I" (alternate take) (Harris) – 2:30
- "Sure Thing" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 2:39
- "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take) (Oscar Pettiford) – 2:11
- "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (Pettiford) – 3:01
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 4:00
- "I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:50
- "Audrey" – 2:54
- "Glass Enclosure" – 2:21
- "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:51
- "Burt Covers Bud" – 3:07
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:20
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 2:41
- "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 2:14
- "My Devotion" (Roc Hillman, Johnny Napton) – 3:05
- "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) – 2:10
- "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:00
Disc three
- "Blue Pearl" – 3:46
- "Blue Pearl" (alternate take) – 4:03
- "Keepin' In The Groove" – 2:53
- "Some Soul" – 6:56
- "Frantic Fancies" – 4:50
- "Bud On Bach" – 2:30
- "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) – 5:14
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 7:31
- "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 5:45
- "John's Abbey" – 5:36
- "Sub City" (alternate take) – 2:36
- "Sub City" – 4:32
- "John's Abbey" (alternate take) – 2:25
- "Buster Rides Again" – 5:30
Disc four
- "Dry Soul" – 6:41
- "Marmalade" – 4:28
- "Monopoly" – 4:47
- "Time Waits" – 5:06
- "The Scene Changes" – 3:59
- "Down With It" – 3:58
- "Comin' Up" (alternate take) – 5:26
- "Comin' Up" – 7:54
- "Duid Deed" – 5:06
- "Cleopatra's Dream" – 4:22
- "Gettin' There" – 5:01
- "Crossin' The Channel" – 3:28
- "Danceland" – 3:41
- "Borderick" – 1:58
- "Like Someone in Love" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 6:18
Personnel
Bud Powell plays piano on all tracks.
January 10, 1947, New York. Disc 1, tracks 1-8. Roost session – see Bud Powell Trio.
August 9, 1949, WOR Studios, New York. Disc 1, tracks 9-19. See The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1.
- Fats Navarro – trumpet (tracks 9-16)
- Sonny Rollins – tenor sax (tracks 9-16)
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
May 1, 1951, WOR Studios, New York. Disc 1, tracks 20-23 and disc 2, tracks 1-5. See The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 and The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2.
- Curly Russell – bass (except disc 1, track 23 and disc 2, tracks 3-4 – Powell solos)
- Max Roach – drums (except disc 1, track 23 and disc 2, tracks 3-4 – Powell solos)
August 14, 1953, WOR Studios, New York. Disc 2, tracks 6-15. See The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2.
- George Duvivier – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
September 1953, New York. Disc 2, tracks 16-23. Roost session – see Bud Powell Trio.
- George Duvivier – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
August 3, 1957, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Disc 3, tracks 1-9. See Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3).
- Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 7-9)
- Paul Chambers – bass (except track 6 – Powell solo)
- Art Taylor – drums (except track 6 – Powell solo)
May 24, 1958, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Disc 3, tracks 10-14 and disc 4, tracks 1-4. See Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4).
- Sam Jones – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
December 28, 1958, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. Disc 4, tracks 5-14. See The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5).
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
May 23, 1963, CBS Studios, Paris. Disc 4, track 15. See Dexter Gordon's Our Man in Paris.
- Pierre Michelot – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
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.
- The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at allmusic.com
