The Scene Changes (Bud Powell album)

The Scene Changes
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5
Studio album by
the Amazing Bud Powell
Released1959
RecordedDecember 29, 1958
GenreBebop, hard bop
Length44:53
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4009
ProducerAlfred Lion
Bud Powell chronology
The Lonely One...
(1959) 		The Scene Changes
(1959) 		Bouncing with Bud
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DownBeat[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
All About Jazz[5]

The Scene Changes, also known as The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5, is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on December 29, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.[6]

Release history

The album was digitally remastered in 2003 by Rudy Van Gelder and re-issued as part of Blue Note's The RVG Edition series.

Reception

DownBeat noted, "Powell on these tracks is original, and he sounds secure in what he is playing. It is good to hear."[2] Marc Davis of All About Jazz described "Crossin' the Channel" as the album's "standout," calling it "a breathless barn burner that harkens back to the early hyper-speedy days of bebop." Davis praised the album as a whole, calling it "awfully good" but highlighting Vol.'s 1 and 2 of The Amazing Bud Powell as his favorite albums of the series.[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Bud Powell.

Side 1

  1. "Cleopatra's Dream" – 4:22
  2. "Duid Deed" – 5:06
  3. "Down with It" – 3:58
  4. "Danceland" – 3:41
  5. "Borderick" – 1:58

Side 2

  1. "Crossin' the Channel" – 3:28
  2. "Comin' Up" – 7:54
  3. "Gettin' There" – 5:01
  4. "The Scene Changes" – 3:59

CD reissue bonus track

  2. "Comin' Up" (alternate take) – 5:26

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

Original

Reissue

References

  1. ^ Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. (2011). "The Scene Changes (The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5) [Bonus Track] - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "The Scene Changes". DownBeat. October 29, 1959. p. 25.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Jazz, All About (2017-04-04). "Bud Powell: Bud Powell: The Scene Changes - 1958 album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  6. ^ a b Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Blue Note BLP 4009)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
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