Bud Powell discography

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This is a discography of Bud Powell .

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Discography

Studio albums

Roost & Blue Note years

YearLabelCatalogue numberTitleDate recordedNotes
1951 Royal Roost RLP-401The Bud Powell Trio, Vol. 11947–5310"; reissued as Bud Powell Trio
1952 Blue Note BLP 5003 The Amazing Bud Powell 1949-08-08, 1951-05-0110"
1954Blue NoteBLP 5041 The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 1953-08-1410"
1956Blue NoteBLP 1503 The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 1949-08-08, 1951-05-01, 1953-08-14compiles BLP 5003 & BLP 5041
BLP 1504 The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2
1957 Roost RLP 2224 Bud Powell Trio 1947–53
1957Blue NoteBLP 1571 Bud! 1957-08-03AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3
1958Blue NoteBLP 1598 Time Waits 1958-05-24AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
1959Blue NoteBLP 4009 The Scene Changes 1958-12-29AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5
1997 Roulette / Blue Note [1] Bud Plays Bird 1957-10-14, -12-02, 1958-01-30

Mercury & Verve years

YearLabelCatalogue numberTitleDate recordedNotes
1950 Mercury / Clef MG C-102 Bud Powell Piano Solos 1949–5010"; originally released on three shellac discs
1952 Mercury / Clef MG C-507 Bud Powell Piano Solos (No. 2) 1949–5010"; originally released on three shellac discs
1954Mercury / ClefMG C-610 Bud Powell's Moods 1950–51Reissued as The Genius of Bud Powell
1954NorgranMG N-23 The Artistry of Bud Powell 1954–5510"; reissued as Bud Powell's Moods
1955NorgranMGN 1017 Jazz Original 1954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12Reissued as Bud Powell '57
1956Verve [2] MGV 8115 The Genius of Bud Powell 1950-07-01, 1951-02Reissue of Bud Powell's Moods
1956 Norgran MGN 1063 Jazz Giant 1949–50reissued on Verve in 1957
Verve MGV 8153
1956NorgranMGN 1064 Bud Powell's Moods 1954-06-02, -04, 1955-01-12
VerveMGV 8154
1956NorgranMGN 1077 Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell 1955-04-25, -27
VerveMGV 8167
1957NorgranMGN 1098Bud Powell '571954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12Reissue of Jazz Original
VerveMGV 8185
1959VerveMGV 8301 The Lonely One... 1955-01-13, -04-25, -27
1958VerveMGV 8218 Blues in the Closet 1956-09-23

Other

YearLabelTitleDate recordedNotes
1957 RCA Victor [3] Strictly Powell 1956-10-05
1958RCA Victor [4] Swingin' with Bud 1957-02-11
1965Columbia [5] A Portrait of Thelonious 1961
1979 Columbia [5] A Tribute to Cannonball 1961
1962 Sonet / Storyville Bouncing with Bud 1962-04-26AKA In Copenhagen
1964 Reprise [6] Bud Powell in Paris 1963
1964Fontana/Black Lion [7] The Invisible Cage 1964AKA Blues for Bouffemont
1964 Roulette The Return of Bud Powell 1964-09-18
1973 Mainstream Ups 'n Downs 1964–1966

Live and home recordings

YearLabelTitleDate recordedNotes
1953 Debut Jazz at Massey Hall 195310"; live; with The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)
1953 Debut Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 2195310"; live
1963 Impulse! Americans in Europe, Vol. 1 1963
Americans in Europe, Vol. 2
ESP-Disk Winter Broadcasts 19531953
ESP-DiskSpring Broadcasts 19531953
ESP-DiskSummer Broadcasts 19531953
ESP-DiskAutumn Broadcasts 19531953
Queen Disc [Italy]Live at Birdland1953
1975 Xanadu Bud in Paris 1959–60
Moon [Italy] [8] Pianology1961
Stretch ArchivesBud Powell Live in Lausanne 19621962
Norma [Japan]Bud Powell Live in Geneva1962
1978 SteepleChase [9] Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 1962
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 2
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 3
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 4
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 5
SteepleChase Budism1962
SteepleChase 1962 Copenhagen1962
SteepleChase 1962 Stockholm-Oslo1962
1982 Elektra/Musician Inner Fires 1953E1-60030
Fontana Bud Powell at Home – Strictly Confidential1962–64
FontanaHot House1964
1988 Black Lion The Essen Jazz Festival Concert 1960
1989Mythic Sound Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 1944–48AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1
1989Mythic SoundBurnin' in U.S.A., 53–551953–55AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2
1989Mythic SoundCookin' at Saint-Germain, 57–591957–59AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3
1989Mythic Sound Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 1961–64AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 4
1989Mythic SoundGroovin' at the Blue Note, 59–611959–61AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5
1989Mythic SoundWritin' for Duke, 631963AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6
1989Mythic SoundTribute to Thelonious, 641964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7
1989Mythic Sound Holidays in Edenville, 64 1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8
1989Mythic SoundReturn to Birdland, 641964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9
1989Mythic Sound Award at Birdland, 64 1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10
1989Mythic SoundGift for the Friends, 60–641960–64AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11
1994 Dreyfus Jazz 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note 1962
2004Piadrum Eternity 1961–64

Notable compilations

As sideman

With Art Blakey

With Dexter Gordon

With J. J. Johnson

With Charles Mingus

With Charlie Parker

With Frank Socolow

With Sonny Stitt

With Cootie Williams

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References

  1. October & December 1957 and January 1958 sessions only released in 1997.
  2. July 1950 session in trio; February 1951 session solo. Mercury MGC 610 (Clef MGC 610 / Clef MGC 739 and, as The Genius of Bud Powell , Verve 8115) Not to be confused with the Norgran release Bud Powell's Moods .
  3. October 1956 session, RCA Victor LPM 1423.
  4. February 1957 session, RCA Victor LPM 1507.
  5. 1 2 December 1961 session in Paris, produced by Cannonball Adderley.
  6. February 1963 session in Paris, produced by Duke Ellington.
  7. "Bud Powell Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  8. April 1961 live recording in Milan, Italy (Moon MCD 055-2). The album is split between the Powell session and unrelated 1966–70 European sessions by Thelonious Monk.
  9. April 1962 live recordings at the Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden. With Torbjörn Hultcrantz on bass, and Sune Spångberg on drums. 5 volumes available as individual discs. Rare Powell vocals on "This Is No Laughin' Matter".