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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Bud Powell

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:14

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Mercury Records

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Recorded
  
June 2 & 4, 1954, January 12, 1955

Bud Powell's Moods (1954-55)
  
Jazz Original (1954-55)

Similar
  
Bud Powell albums, Jazz albums

Bud Powell's Moods is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1956 by Norgran, featuring sessions that Powell recorded in 1954 and 1955.

Contents

The album was re-issued by Verve, and released as a CD replica by Verve (Japan) in 2006 (POCJ-2740). The sessions (with alternate takes) are also available on CD on The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1994) box set.

History

The sessions on this album mark the beginning of a two-year period (from June 1954 to September 1956) when Powell recorded exclusively for Norman Granz at Fine Sound Studios in New York.

The two Powell compositions, "Buttercup" (named after Powell's childhood friend Altevia Edwards) and "Fantasy in Blue", are both up-tempo, in contrast to the generally mellow mood of the rest of the album.

Track listing 12" LP (MGN 1064, MGV 8154)

All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.

  1. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:35
  2. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:27
  3. "Buttercup" – 2:59
  4. "Fantasy in Blue" – 3:04
  5. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:56
  6. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:45
  1. "Time Was" (aka "Duerme" «Sleep») (Miguel Prado, Gabriel Luna, Bob Russell) – 4:17
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:53
  3. "I Get a Kick out of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:26
  4. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 4:11
  5. "The Best (Thing for You Would Be Me)" (Irving Berlin) – 2:41

Performance

  • Bud Powell – piano

    • June 2, 1954, Fine Sound Studios, New York, side A tracks 1-4.

  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

    • June 4, 1954, Fine Sound Studios, New York, side A tracks 5-6 and side B tracks 1-2.

  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

    • January 12, 1955, Fine Sound Studios, New York, side B tracks 3-5.

  • Lloyd Trotman – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

    • Production

  • Norman Granz – producer
  • David Stone Martin – cover design

    • Release history

    The two June 1954 sessions were originally released on a 10" LP called The Artistry of Bud Powell on Norgran in 1954.

    The Artistry of Bud Powell 10" LP (MGN 23)

    1. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Suessdorf, Blackburn)
    2. "Spring Is Here" (Rodgers, Hart)
    3. "Buttercup"
    4. "Fantasy in Blue"
    1. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rodgers, Hart)
    2. "A Foggy Day" (Gershwin, Gershwin)
    3. "Time Was" (Prado, Luna, Russell)
    4. "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers, Hart)

    Songs

    1Parisian Thorofare2:31
    2Oblivion2:11
    3Dusky 'N' Sandy (Dusk in Sandi)2:16

    References

    Bud Powell's Moods Wikipedia
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