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Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3)

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Released
  
1957

Length
  
43:28

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Hallmark Records

Recorded
  
August 3, 1957

Artist
  
Bud Powell

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3), also known as The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3: Bud!, is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Blue Note in 1957, featuring a session Powell recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on August 3, 1957, with Paul Chambers on bass and Art Taylor on drums, and trombonist Curtis Fuller guesting on three tracks.

Contents

The album was digitally remastered in 2001 by Rudy Van Gelder and re-issued in January, 2002 as part of Blue Note's The RVG Edition series. The version of the album included on the third disc of The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings, a 4 disc box set, is that from the first CD release in 1989.

Track listing 2001 CD The RVG Edition

Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Bud Powell.

  1. "Some Soul" – 6:56
  2. "Blue Pearl" – 3:46
  3. "Frantic Fancies" – 4:50
  4. "Bud on Bach" – 2:30
  5. "Keepin' in the Groove" – 2:53
  6. "Idaho" (Jesse Stone) – 5:14
  7. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 7:31
  8. "Moose the Mooche" (Charlie Parker) – 5:45
  9. "Blue Pearl" (alternate take) – 4:03

Performance

  • Bud Powell – piano (all)
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 6-8)
  • Paul Chambers – bass (all except track 4)
  • Art Taylor – drums (all except track 4)

    • Production

  • Bob Blumenthal – liner notes
  • Michael Boland - art direction and design
  • Michael Cuscuna – producer
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes
  • Gordan H. Jee - creative direction
  • Alfred Lion – producer, original session producer
  • Reid Miles – cover design
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
  • Francis Wolff – photography, cover photo

    • Release history

    The album was first released in 1957 as a 12" LP. In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD with an extra alternate take of "Blue Pearl", and with the tracks listed in session chronological order. In 2001, Rudy Van Gelder remastered the album from scratch, and the album was re-issued as part of Blue Note's The RVG Edition series. The track listing was changed back to the original LP order, with the alternate take of "Blue Pearl" following.

    1957 12" LP (BLP 1571)

    1. "Some Soul" – 6:56
    2. "Blue Pearl" – 3:46
    3. "Frantic Fancies" – 4:50
    4. "Bud On Bach" – 2:30
    5. "Keepin' In The Groove" – 2:53
    1. "Idaho" (Stone) – 5:14
    2. "Don't Blame Me" (McHugh, Fields) – 7:31
    3. "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 5:45

    1989 CD

    1. "Blue Pearl" – 3:46
    2. "Blue Pearl" (alternate take) – 4:03
    3. "Keepin' In The Groove" – 2:53
    4. "Some Soul" – 6:56
    5. "Frantic Fancies" – 4:50
    6. "Bud On Bach" – 2:30
    7. "Idaho" (Stone) – 5:14
    8. "Don't Blame Me" (McHugh, Fields) – 7:31
    9. "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 5:45

    Songs

    1Cleopatra's Dream4:25
    2Duid Deed5:10
    3Down With It4:02

    References

    Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) Wikipedia
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