Bud Powell in Paris

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Bud Powell in Paris
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Studio album by
Bud Powell
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1964 (1964-01-25) [1]
RecordedFebruary 1963
Genre Jazz
Length49:21
Label Reprise
Producer Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra
Bud Powell chronology
Our Man in Paris
(1963)		Bud Powell in Paris
(1964)		 Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris
(1964)

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]

Contents

History

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Scott Yanow Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

  1. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 3:54
  2. "Dear Old Stockholm" (traditional) – 3:53
  3. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 6:05
  4. "Jor-Du" (Duke Jordan) – 4:18
  1. "Reets and I" (Benny Harris) – 3:43
  2. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 4:45
  3. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) – 1:56
  4. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 5:40
  5. "Little Benny" (aka "Bud's Bubble") (Harris) – 3:31
  6. "Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 4:37 (not on original LP)
  7. "Blues in B Flat" (aka "B Flat Blues" and "Bud's Blue Bossa") (Powell) – 6:59 (not on original LP)

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. ↑ ""Jazz Spotlight"". Billboard. January 25, 1964. p. 55.
  2. ↑ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Reprise R 6098)". jazzdisco.org . Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz . p. 1247.
  4. ↑ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Mythic Sound MS 6006-1 / MS 6006-2)". jazzdisco.org . Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  5. 1 2 Allmusic review
  6. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 1221.
  7. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 552.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 692.
  9. ↑ Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Miller Freeman. p. 64.
  10. ↑ Gitler, Ira (2009). The Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide. Hachette Books. p. 128.
  11. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. January 25, 1964. p. 55 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Tolley, Trevor (March 2000). "Dance of the Infidels: Bud Powell". Coda. No. 290. p. 30.
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