Time Waits

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Time Waits
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The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedMay 24, 1958
Studio Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ
Genre Bebop
Label Blue Note
BLP 1598
Producer Alfred Lion
The Amazing Bud Powell chronology
Swingin' with Bud
(1958)
Time Waits
(1958)
The Lonely One...
(1959)

Time Waits, also known as The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4, is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at Van Gelder Studio on May 24, 1958 with rhythm section Sam Jones and Philly Joe Jones and released on Blue Note later that year. [1]

Contents

Background

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Billboard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

The title track, a version of the Mexican popular song "Duerme", was recorded by Powell in 1954 for Verve, and in 1956 for RCA, under its original English-language title "Time Was".

The album was remastered in 1999 by Rudy Van Gelder and re-issued as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series.

Reception

Billboard praised the album, noting, "Bud Powell is still one of the best of the hard-playing pianists." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bud Powell

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Buster Rides Again"5:30
2."Sub City"4:32
3."Time Waits"5:06
4."Marmalade"4:28
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Monopoly"4:47
2."John's Abbey"5:36
3."Dry Soul"6:41
4."Sub City" (alternate take)2:36
CD reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."John's Abbey" (alternate take)2:25

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

Original

Reissue

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