Bud Powell discography

This is a discography of Bud Powell.

Discography

Studio albums

Roost & Blue Note years

Year Label Catalogue number Title Date recorded Notes
1951 Royal Roost RLP-401 The Bud Powell Trio, Vol. 1 1947–53 10"; reissued as Bud Powell Trio
1952 Blue Note BLP 5003 The Amazing Bud Powell 1949-08-08, 1951-05-01 10"
1954 Blue Note BLP 5041 The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 1953-08-14 10"
1956 Blue Note BLP 1503 The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 1949-08-08, 1951-05-01, 1953-08-14 compiles BLP 5003 & BLP 5041
BLP 1504 The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2
1957 Roost RLP 2224 Bud Powell Trio 1947–53
1957 Blue Note BLP 1571 Bud! 1957-08-03 AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3
1958 Blue Note BLP 1598 Time Waits 1958-05-24 AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
1959 Blue Note BLP 4009 The Scene Changes 1958-12-29 AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5
1997 Roulette / Blue Note[1] Bud Plays Bird 1957-10-14, -12-02, 1958-01-30

Mercury & Verve years

Year Label Catalogue number Title Date recorded Notes
1950 Mercury / Clef MG C-102 Bud Powell Piano Solos 1949–50 10"; originally released on three shellac discs
1952 Mercury / Clef MG C-507 Bud Powell Piano Solos (No. 2) 1949–50 10"; originally released on three shellac discs
1954 Mercury / Clef MG C-610 Bud Powell's Moods 1950–51 Reissued as The Genius of Bud Powell
1954 Norgran MG N-23 The Artistry of Bud Powell 1954–55 10"; reissued as Bud Powell's Moods
1955 Norgran MGN 1017 Jazz Original 1954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12 Reissued as Bud Powell '57
1956 Verve[2] MGV 8115 The Genius of Bud Powell 1950-07-01, 1951-02 Reissue of Bud Powell's Moods
1956 Norgran MGN 1063 Jazz Giant 1949–50 reissued on Verve in 1957
Verve MGV 8153
1956 Norgran MGN 1064 Bud Powell's Moods 1954-06-02, -04, 1955-01-12
Verve MGV 8154
1956 Norgran MGN 1077 Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell 1955-04-25, -27
Verve MGV 8167
1957 Norgran MGN 1098 Bud Powell '57 1954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12 Reissue of Jazz Original
Verve MGV 8185
1959 Verve MGV 8301 The Lonely One... 1955-01-13, -04-25, -27
1958 Verve MGV 8218 Blues in the Closet 1956-09-23

Other

Year Label Title Date recorded Notes
1957 RCA Victor[3] Strictly Powell 1956-10-05
1958 RCA Victor[4] Swingin' with Bud 1957-02-11
1965 Columbia[5] A Portrait of Thelonious 1961
1979 Columbia[5] A Tribute to Cannonball 1961
1962 Sonet / Storyville Bouncing with Bud 1962-04-26 AKA In Copenhagen
1964 Reprise[6] Bud Powell in Paris 1963
1964 Fontana/Black Lion[7] The Invisible Cage 1964 AKA Blues for Bouffemont
1964 Roulette The Return of Bud Powell 1964-09-18
1973 Mainstream Ups 'n Downs 1964–1966

Live and home recordings

Year Label Title Date recorded Notes
1953 Debut Jazz at Massey Hall 1953 10"; live; with The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)
1953 Debut Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 2 1953 10"; live
1963 Impulse! Americans in Europe, Vol. 1 1963
Americans in Europe, Vol. 2
ESP-Disk Winter Broadcasts 1953 1953
ESP-Disk Spring Broadcasts 1953 1953
ESP-Disk Summer Broadcasts 1953 1953
ESP-Disk Autumn Broadcasts 1953 1953
Queen Disc [Italy] Live at Birdland 1953
1975 Xanadu Bud in Paris 1959–60
Moon [Italy][8] Pianology 1961
Stretch Archives Bud Powell Live in Lausanne 1962 1962
Norma [Japan] Bud Powell Live in Geneva 1962
1978 SteepleChase[9] Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 1962
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 2
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 3
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 4
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 5
SteepleChase Budism 1962
SteepleChase 1962 Copenhagen 1962
SteepleChase 1962 Stockholm-Oslo 1962
1982 Elektra/Musician Inner Fires 1953 E1-60030
Fontana Bud Powell at Home – Strictly Confidential 1962–64
Fontana Hot House 1964
1988 Black Lion The Essen Jazz Festival Concert 1960
1989 Mythic Sound Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 1944–48 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1
1989 Mythic Sound Burnin' in U.S.A., 53–55 1953–55 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2
1989 Mythic Sound Cookin' at Saint-Germain, 57–59 1957–59 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3
1989 Mythic Sound Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 1961–64 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 4
1989 Mythic Sound Groovin' at the Blue Note, 59–61 1959–61 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5
1989 Mythic Sound Writin' for Duke, 63 1963 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6
1989 Mythic Sound Tribute to Thelonious, 64 1964 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7
1989 Mythic Sound Holidays in Edenville, 64 1964 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8
1989 Mythic Sound Return to Birdland, 64 1964 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9
1989 Mythic Sound Award at Birdland, 64 1964 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10
1989 Mythic Sound Gift for the Friends, 60–64 1960–64 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11
1994 Dreyfus Jazz 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note 1962
2004 Piadrum Eternity 1961–64

Notable compilations

As sideman

With Art Blakey

With Dexter Gordon

With J. J. Johnson

With Charles Mingus

With Charlie Parker

With Frank Socolow

With Sonny Stitt

With Cootie Williams

References

  1. ^ October & December 1957 and January 1958 sessions only released in 1997.
  2. ^ July 1950 session in trio; February 1951 session solo. Mercury MGC 610 (Clef MGC 610 / Clef MGC 739 and, as The Genius of Bud Powell, Verve 8115) Not to be confused with the Norgran release Bud Powell's Moods.
  3. ^ October 1956 session, RCA Victor LPM 1423.
  4. ^ February 1957 session, RCA Victor LPM 1507.
  5. ^ a b December 1961 session in Paris, produced by Cannonball Adderley.
  6. ^ February 1963 session in Paris, produced by Duke Ellington.
  7. ^ "Bud Powell Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  8. ^ April 1961 live recording in Milan, Italy (Moon MCD 055-2). The album is split between the Powell session and unrelated 1966–70 European sessions by Thelonious Monk.
  9. ^ April 1962 live recordings at the Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden. With Torbjörn Hultcrantz on bass, and Sune Spångberg on drums. 5 volumes available as individual discs. Rare Powell vocals on "This Is No Laughin' Matter".