The Amazing Bud Powell - Vol. 1.

Bud Powell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005HBN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,705 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bouncing with Bud [Alternate Take #1]

2. Bouncing with Bud [Alternate Take #2]

3. Bouncing with Bud

4. Wail [Alternate Take]

5. Wail

6. Dance of the Infidels [Alternate Take]

7. Dance of the Infidels

8. 52nd Street Theme

9. You Go to My Head

10. Ornithology

11. Ornithology [Alternate Take]

12. Un Poco Loco [Alternate Take]

13. Un Poco Loco [Alternate Take]

14. Un Poco Loco

15. Over the Rainbow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bud's the man!, December 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Amazing Bud Powell - Vol. 1. (Audio CD)

I'm not a big fan of alternate takes myself, but on this record, they're a treat. Listen to the way Bud creates new solos take after take (while his famous sidemen play the same solo over and over), and you'll conclude that he was drawing from either a limitless imagination or a *huge* bag of riffs. Either way, this is a great CD of Bud at his best.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Bud Powell, July 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Amazing Bud Powell - Vol. 1. (Audio CD)

Bud Powell was one the giants of modern music, the equal of Charlie Parker and pianistically, the equal of Art Tatum. To this day, Powell is underappreciated for his innovations, and for the new pianistic language he created. His recording career was tragically inconsistent, mirroring his torturous life. There is no question that at his best, nobody on earth could (and still cannot) touch Bud Powell. "Amazing Bud Powell" v. 1 is typically the first stop for those interested in Powell. It is one of the great recordings, and offers Powell at his best. The quintets, which contain the definitive performances of "Bouncing With Bud" and "Dance of the Infidels" are superb. Fats Navarro and Sonny Rollins are magnificent as well. The trio cuts are jaw droppers, particularly the haunting rendition of "You Go to My Head", and the acrobatic takes of "Un Poco Loco" (which for some, may be hard to get into). Newcomers to Powell should probably begin with the 1949-1951 Verve trios and work their way here.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Amazing Bud Powell - Vol. 1. (Audio CD)

Bud Powell is considered the best bop pianist of all-time. This album is a nice introduction to his work, although personally, I prefer Vol. 2 (not as many alternates). Also, this album succumbs to my pet peeve: placing alternate versions immediately after the released takes. CD programming will remove that little problem.