Swingin' with Bud

Swingin' with Bud
Studio album by Bud Powell
Released	1958
Recorded	February 11, 1957
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:21
Label	RCA Victor
Bud Powell chronology
Blues in the Closet (1958) Swingin' with Bud (1958) Time Waits (1958)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
DownBeat	[2]

Swingin' with Bud is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1958 by RCA Victor, featuring a session Powell recorded in 1957. ^[3]

The album was released on CD by RCA in 1995. The session is also available on The Complete RCA Trio Sessions .

Reception

Don Gold of DownBeat remarked, "Powell deserves better representation" and awarded the album 2.5 stars out of five. ^[2]

Track listing

All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.

1. "Another Dozen" (George Duvivier) – 3:30
2. "'Like someone In Love" – 4:59
3. "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:24
4. "She" (George Shearing) – 5:11
5. "Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 3:19

1. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Gillespie) – 3:18
2. "Oblivion" – 2:34
3. "In the Blue of the Evening" (Alfonso D'Artega, Tom Adair) – 3:27
4. "Get It" – 3:08
5. "Birdland Blues" – 4:22
6. "Midway" – 3:09

Personnel

February 11, 1957, New York. The Bud Powell Trio.

Performance

• Bud Powell – piano
• George Duvivier – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

Production

• Burt Goldblatt – cover design & photo

References

1. Yanow, Scott (2011). "Swingin' with Bud - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
2. Gold, Don (July 10, 1958). "Swingin' with Bud". DownBeat . pp. 28, 29.
3. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Catalog (RCA Victor LPM 1507)". jazzdisco.org . Retrieved June 17, 2009.