1994 greatest hits album by Bud Powell
The Best of Bud Powell on Verve jazz pianist Bud Powell 's recordings for Verve Records , released on August 23, 1994.[ 3]
The similarly-titled The Best of Bud Powell was released by Blue Note Records in 1989, and features tracks recorded from 1949-1963 on that label, with little overlap in song selection.[ 4]
Track listing
All songs were written by Bud Powell , except where noted.
"Lady Bird " (Tadd Dameron ) – 4:44
"Dance of the Infidels" – 2:16
"So Sorry, Please" – 3:14
"Sweet Georgia Brown " (Maceo Pinkard , Kenneth Casey ) – 2:48
"Willow Grove" (aka "Willow Groove") – 4:27
"Tempus Fugue-it " (aka "Tempus Fugit") – 2:25
"It Never Entered My Mind " (Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) – 2:56
"Bean and the Boys " (Contrafact of "Lover Come Back to Me ") (Coleman Hawkins ) – 3:38
"Celia" – 2:57
"Tea for Two" [78 take (take 10)] (Vincent Youmans , Irving Caesar ) – 3:46
"Star Eyes " (Gene De Paul , Don Raye ) – 3:28
"April in Paris " (Vernon Duke , E.Y. "Yip" Harburg ) – 3:08
"Tenderly " (Walter Gross , Jack Lawrence ) – 3:15
"All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Bronislaw Kaper , Gus Kahn , Walter Jurmann ) – 2:59
"Stairway to the Stars " (Matty Malneck , Frank Signorelli , Mitchell Parish ) – 4:58
"Just One of Those Things " (Cole Porter ) – 3:50
"Parisian Thoroughfare" (aka "Parisienne Thorofare") – 2:28
Personnel
Bud Powell plays piano on all tracks.
April 27, 1955, tracks 1, 11, 15. April 25, 1955, track 5.
January 13, 1955, track 2.
February 1950, tracks 3, 4, 12.
February 23, 1949, tracks 6, 10, 14.
June 4, 1954, track 7.
Percy Heath – bass
Art Taylor – drums January 11, 1955, tracks 8, 13.
July 1, 1950, track 9.
February, 1951, tracks 16-17 – Powell solos.
Production
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
As leader
Bud Powell Trio Jazz Giant Piano Solos /Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)The Amazing Bud Powell The Genius of Bud Powell Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)Inner Fires The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 Bud Powell's Moods Jazz Original Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)The Lonely One... Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell Blues in the Closet Strictly Powell Bud! Swingin' with Bud Bud Plays Bird Time Waits The Scene Changes Bud in Paris The Essen Jazz Festival Concert A Portrait of Thelonious A Tribute to Cannonball Don Byas , 1961)'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note At the Golden Circle Bouncing with Bud Americans in Europe Bud Powell in Paris Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 Eternity The Invisible Cage Holidays in Edenville, 64 The Return of Bud Powell Award at Birdland, 64 Ups 'n Downs c. 1965) With others
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 Cootie Williams , Classics , 1944)New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings Frank Socolow , 1945)Dexter Rides Again Dexter Gordon , 1946)J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson One Night in Birdland Jazz at Massey Hall Dizzy Gillespie , Charlie Parker , Mingus, Max Roach , 1953)Mingus at Antibes Charles Mingus , 1960)Paris Jam Session Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , 1959)Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris Our Man in Paris Compilations Compositions Related
