Bud Powell in Paris
1964 studio album by Bud Powell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bud Powell in Paris is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded in Paris for Reprise in February 1963 and released in 1964.[2]
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Released | January 25, 1964 (1964-01-25)[1] | |||
Recorded | February 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 49:21 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Duke Ellington | |||
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The album was produced by Duke Ellington with financial support from Frank Sinatra. Powell played the tune "Satin Doll" by ear after Ellington sang it to him during the session.[3]
Alternates and outtakes from the session were released by Mythic Sound on Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63.[4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [7] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [8] |
Scott Yanow | [9] |
In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn noted Powell's "uneven but often astonishing piano work," and wrote: "the vast majority of selections are performed with flair and conviction."[5]
Writer Ira Gitler commented: "this album stands far above the painful Victors and Verves of the 1954–1956 period and is more like early Powell than the Blue Notes of the late fifties."[10]
A writer for Billboard stated that Powell plays "smoothly and most brightly," and is "capable of conveying the subtlest of jazz moods."[11]
Trevor Tolley of Coda remarked: "On 'How High the Moon' there is plenty of dash, but the fingering is not good... The record pointed to a decided decline."[12]
- "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 3:54
- "Dear Old Stockholm" (traditional) – 3:53
- "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 6:05
- "Jor-Du" (Duke Jordan) – 4:18
- "Reets and I" (Benny Harris) – 3:43
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) – 1:56
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 5:40
- "Little Benny" (aka "Bud's Bubble") (Harris) – 3:31
- "Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 4:37 (not on original LP)
- "Blues in B Flat" (aka "B Flat Blues" and "Bud's Blue Bossa") (Powell) – 6:59 (not on original LP)
Performance
- Bud Powell – piano
- Gilbert Rovere – bass
- Kansas Fields – drums
Production
- Duke Ellington – producer
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
- Donald Leake – cover painting
- Lee Herschberg – digital mastering
- ""Jazz Spotlight"". Billboard. January 25, 1964. p. 55.
- Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Reprise R 6098)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. p. 1247.
- Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Mythic Sound MS 6006-1 / MS 6006-2)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 1221.
- Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 552.
- Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 692.
- Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Miller Freeman. p. 64.
- Gitler, Ira (2009). The Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide. Hachette Books. p. 128.
- "Album Reviews". Billboard. January 25, 1964. p. 55 – via Google Books.
- Tolley, Trevor (March 2000). "Dance of the Infidels: Bud Powell". Coda. No. 290. p. 30.