Bud Powell
Birdland 1953 (3CD)
Format3CDLabelEsp-DiskGenreJazz & Improvisation
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2014 release. Bud Powell ranks as one of the most influential pianists in jazz history, his style having provided the template for innumerable bebop pianists who followed in his wake. This remastered three-CD set captures Powell at his peak on his home turf at the famed Birdland club, recorded onsite (these are not air checks), and mostly working with top-notch sidemen such as Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Roy Haynes, and Art Taylor, along with guest appearances by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Producer Michael D. Anderson fixed pitch problems and personnel listings that have plagued previous versions of some of this material from the collection of Boris Rose as issued on other labels.
Release notes
Track 1-4 previously listed as "Lover Come Back To Me".
| February 7, 1953 | |||
| 1-1.1 | Theme: Lullaby Of Birdland | ||
| 1-1.2 | Announcer Introduction | ||
| 1-2 | Tea For Two | ||
| 1-3 | It Could Happen To You | ||
| 1-4 | Bean And The Boys | ||
| February 14, 1953 | |||
| 1-5 | Theme: Lullaby Of Birdland | ||
| 1-6 | I Want To Be Happy | ||
| 1-7 | Embraceable You | ||
| 1-8 | I've Got You Under My Skin | ||
| 1-9 | Ornithology | ||
| 1-10 | Theme: Lullaby Of Birdland | ||
| March 7, 1953 | |||
| 1-11 | Theme: Lullaby Of Birdland | ||
| 1-12 | Hallelujah! | ||
| 1-13 | I've Got You Under My Skin | ||
| 1-14 | Embraceable You | ||
| 1-15.1 | How High The Moon | ||
| 1-15.2 | Ornithology | ||
| 1-16 | Budo | ||
| March 14, 1953 | |||
| 2-1 | I Want To Be Happy | ||
| 2-2 | I've Got You Under My Skin | ||
| 2-3 | Sure Thing | ||
| 2-4 | Embraceable You | ||
| 2-5 | Woody'n You | ||
| 2-6 | Salt Peanuts | ||
| 2-7 | Theme: Lullaby Of Birdland | ||
| Possibly May 16, 1953 | |||
| 2-8 | Woody'n You | ||
| 2-9 | Salt Peanuts | ||
| Possibly May 23, 1953 | |||
| 2-10 | Dance Of The Infidels | ||
| May 30, 1953 | |||
| 2-11 | I've Got You Under My Skin | ||
| 2-12 | Autumn In New York | ||
| 2-13 | I Want To Be Happy | ||
| 2-14 | Moose The Mooche | ||
| 2-15 | Cheryl | ||
| June 20, 1953 | |||
| 2-16 | Budo | ||
| 2-17 | My Heart Stood Still | ||
| July 11, 1953 | |||
| 3-1 | Dance Of The Infidels | ||
| August 29, 1953 | |||
| 3-2 | Dance Of The Infidels | ||
| September 5, 1953 | |||
| 3-3 | Un Poco Loco | ||
| 3-4 | Parisian Thoroughfare | ||
| 3-5 | Dance Of The Infidels | ||
| 3-6 | Glass Enclosure | ||
| 3-7 | My Heart Stood Still | ||
| September 19, 1953 | |||
| 3-8 | Parisian Thoroughfare | ||
| 3-9 | Dance Of The Infidels | ||
| 3-10 | Un Poco Loco | ||
| 3-11 | Oblivion | ||
| September 26, 1953 | |||
| 3-12 | Parisian Thoroughfare | ||
| 3-13 | Dance Of The Infidels | ||
| 3-14 | Embraceable You | ||
| 3-15 | Un Poco Loco | ||
| 3-16 | Oblivion | ||
- Charlie Parker
- Alto Saxophone (2-10, 2-14, 2-15)
- Charles Mingus
- Bass (2-1 to 3-2)
- Curley Russell
- Bass (3-12 to 3-16)
- Franklin Skeetes
- Bass (1-11 to 1-16)
- George Duvivier
- Bass (3-3 to 3-11)
- Oscar Pettiford
- Bass (1-1 to 1-10)
- Candido
- Congas (2-14, 2-15)
- Jonathan Granoff
- Design, Layout
- Art Taylor
- Drums (2-10 to 3-16)
- Roy Haynes
- Drums (1-1 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-9)
- Sonny Payne
- Drums (1-11 to 1-16)
- Russ Musto
- Liner Notes
- Bud Powell
- Piano
- Michael D. Anderson
- Producer, Compiled By, Remastered By
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Trumpet (2-8, 2-9)
