Tempus Fugue-It [BOX SET] [IMPORT]

Bud Powell

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: May 8, 2001
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Import
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• Label: Proper Box UK
• ASIN: B00005CBXV
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,475 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. You Talk a Little Trash

2. Floogie Boo

3. I Don't Know

4. Gotta Do Some War Work

5. My Old Flame

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Jay Bird

2. Jay Bird [Alternate Take]

3. Coppin' the Bop

4. Jay Jay

5. Mad Bebop

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Nice Work If You Can Get It

2. Everything Happens to Me

3. Donna Lee

4. Chasin' the Bird

5. Cheryl

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Taking a Chance on Love

2. Fine and Dandy

3. Fine and Dandy [Alternate Take]

4. So Sorry, Please

5. Get Happy

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

UK budget priced box-set for one of the giants of the jazz piano of whom Bill Evans said 'His insight and talent were unmatched in hard-core, true jazz'. Bud Powell has also been described as being the most brilliant of bebop pianists, the only modern jazz musician who equalled the supersonic speed and creativity of Charlie Parker. Four discs, 'Blue Garden Blues' featuring material recorded between 1944-46, 'Bud's Bubble' 1946-47, 'I'll Keep Loving You' 1947-50 & 'So Sorry Please' 1950, featuring 86 digitally remastered tracks compiled by Joop Visser. Includes 48 page illustrated booklet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing collection, February 9, 2002

By	T. Rock "Doc" (Ashland, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews

This boxed set is full of incredible gems by Powell with many other giants of jazz (Cootie Williams, Dexter Gordon, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stit, Fats Navarro, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, etc.). There are cuts on this collection, especially on CD#4, that are up there with the best piano playing I have ever heard (that from a listener, not a player). My collection includes many great piano players - Evans, Tatum, Hines, Wilson, Peterson, Tyner, Garner, Brubeck and many others, but listening to this cd along with the Blue Note Best of Bud Powell (which picks up where Tempus Fugue-It leaves off - acting as a fifth CD in the set) convinces me that Powell ranks with the very best.

I have noticed that some reviewers complain when the sound quality of old recordings is not very good (eg: Okeh Ellington - which is one of my favorites). I am no expert on modern digital sound magic, but I do know that the sound quality varies on this collection. Some cuts have fairly poor sound quality.

Also, I have found two errors on the set. One is on track 19, disc 1, where a fragment of the end of the song is left floating between tracks - an editing error. The other is the reverse listing (booklet and CD jacket) of the songs "Dance of the Infidels" and "52nd Street Theme" - tracks 15 and 16 on disc 4, which actually play in the order of 16 then 15.

However, despite the poor quality of a few of the cuts, and the minor errors, the music is so awesome, that it makes little difference to this listener. It is clearly a 5-star set!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, affordable Bud Powell, June 14, 2007

By	Paul Robertz "ccex" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I own almost 40 Bud Powell albums, and try to learn as many of his compositions as time permits. I have the Complete Bud Powell on Blue Note and on Verve, and even most of his Mythic Sounds LPs from France and New York in the early '60s. As much as I love late Bud Powell, I can state that this is the one box set to have if you're having only one. If you're interested in later Bud, get the complete Blue Note Box or find Live in Lausanne and Blues for Bouffemont. Proper presents a very informative booklet about Bud's brilliance and troubled career. This was issued right after British copyrights expired on Bud's first recordings for Vogue, Savoy, Blue Note, Prestige, and Verve expired there. Nothing after 1950 is included. Still, this contains his first recordings (with Cootie Williams) and all the sides that initially made Bud famous (Webb City, Off Minor, Indiana, Nice Work If You Can Get It, plus the Fats Navarro/Sonny Rollins sessions for Blue Note, early Dexter Gordon sessions, some collaborations with Charlie Parker, the Sonny Stitt/J.J. Johnson sessions for Prestige, and some of his first Verve classics).

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing!, April 17, 2003

By	Daryl Johnson (Harlem NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This box set of Bud Powell focuses on the early recordings from 1944-1950,displaying the great bebop pianist at the very height of his career.The box set includes four compact disc(86 recordings) and a very nice 48 page illustrated booklet.If you've never really heard this genius of a pianist, this is wonderful introduction to the man who in my opinion was equal to or dare I say better than charlie parker!Powells playing on this set is nothing short of incredible in its creative flow and spontaneity, a must have for any bebop connoisseur.