Best of Bud Powell on Verve

Bud Powell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 1994)
• Original Release Date: August 23, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046VW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,640 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars They gave it the wrong title., February 24, 2000

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This review is from: Best of Bud Powell on Verve (Audio CD)

Kind of a mixed bag. Powell's in his prime on some of these recordings. On others, he's definitely not the same. I owned this for a while and decided to trade it in for Genius of Bud Powell and Jazz Giant, two CDs which contain the real "Best of Bud Powell on Verve" Of these, my favorite (and coincidentally the cheaper) is "Genius"

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The worst sound of bud powell on verve, September 9, 2002

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J. Thomas "jimmyjames8" (Out on the Lost Highway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Bud Powell on Verve (Audio CD)

The content here is probably pretty good. I am not a Powell afficionado and left the picking and choosing to Verve. Verve should have left the sound to somebody else. The sound quality is just awful. The pitch is wrong most of the time which is probably due to tape stretch and speed problems. I guess it is a stretch to think that any recording before about 57 or 58 would sound worth a damn. Sorry Bud. You were born too soon and I guess died too young. Check out the Blue Note RVG's instead. Leave this one in the bargain bin.