The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
Studio album by Bud Powell
Released	1954 (10"; BLP 5041); April 1956 (12", BLP 1504);
Recorded	August 14, 1953
Studio	WOR, NYC
Genre	Bebop
Length	24:19
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Bud Powell chronology
Alternative cover
	12" BLP 1504 (1956)

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Blue Note Records in 1954, featuring a session Powell recorded with George Duvivier on bass and Art Taylor on drums at the WOR Studios in New York, on August 14, 1953.

It was remastered in 2001 by Rudy Van Gelder and reissued as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series. Prior to this, on all releases bar the first, the album also contained a number of tracks from sessions originally on The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1. The version of the album included on the second disc of The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings, a 4 disc box set,^[2] is that from the first CD release in 1989.

Releases

The album was first released in 1954 as a 10" LP (BLP 5041), including eight master takes from the 1953 session, four of which were also released as 78 rpm singles: "I Want to Be Happy" c/w "The Glass Enclosure" (BN 1628), and "Sure Thing" c/w "Collard Greens and Black-Eye Peas (BN 1629).

In May 1956, the album was re-issued as a 12" LP (BLP 1504) with four additional tracks. Said release initiated the mixing of the 1953 session with two sessions (from 1949 and 1951) originally on The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1. The first digital remastering dates back to 1985, when the album was re-issued on vinyl and cassette, and kept the LP track listing.

In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD with the tracks listed in session chronological order, leaving five tracks from the 1951 session on the volume.

In 2001, Rudy Van Gelder remastered the album from scratch, and the album was re-issued as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series. This release re-instated the volume as just containing the 1953 session (this time in full), moving all 1951 material back to The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1, and adding "I've Got You Under My Skin", two alternate takes of "Autumn in New York", an alternate take of "Sure Thing" and an extra alternate take of "Reets and I". The track listing was changed to group the alternate takes after the master takes.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[6]

Track listing

1954 10" LP (BLP 5041)

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Autumn in New York"	Vernon Duke	2:54
2.	"Reets and I"	Benny Harris	3:22
3.	"Sure Thing"		2:39
4.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (aka "Blues in the Closet")	Oscar Pettiford	3:04

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	4:04
2.	"I Want to Be Happy"	Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar	2:53
3.	"Audrey"		2:58
4.	"Glass Enclosure" (aka "The Glass Enclosure")		2:25

recorded August 14, 1953

1956 12" LP (BLP 1504)

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Reets and I"	Harris	August 14, 1953	3:18
2.	"Autumn in New York"	Duke	August 14, 1953	2:51
3.	"I Want to Be Happy"	Youmans, Caesar	August 14, 1953	2:50
4.	"It Could Happen to You"	Van Heusen, Burke	May 1, 1951	3:13
5.	"Sure Thing"		August 14, 1953	2:39
6.	"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"	Van Heusen, Burke	August 14, 1953	4:00

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Glass Enclosure"		August 14, 1953	2:21
2.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas"	Pettiford	August 14, 1953	3:01
3.	"Over the Rainbow"	Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	May 1, 1951	2:57
4.	"Audrey"		August 14, 1953	2:54
5.	"You Go to My Head"	J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie	August 9, 1949	3:15
6.	"Ornithology" (alternate take)	Benny Harris, Charlie Parker	August 9, 1949	3:11

CD reissues

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

1989 CD reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"A Night in Tunisia"	Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli	May 1, 1951	4:16
2.	"A Night in Tunisia" (alternate take)	Gillespie, Paparelli	May 1, 1951	3:52
3.	"It Could Happen to You" (alternate take)	Van Heusen, Burke	May 1, 1951	2:22
4.	"It Could Happen to You"	Van Heusen, Burke	May 1, 1951	3:16
5.	"Parisian Thoroughfare"		May 1, 1951	3:25
6.	"Autumn in New York"	Duke	August 14, 1953	2:51
7.	"Reets and I"	Harris	August 14, 1953	3:18
8.	"Reets and I" (alternate take)		August 14, 1953	2:30
9.	"Sure Thing"		August 14, 1953	2:39
10.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take)		August 14, 1953	2:11
11.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas"	Pettiford	August 14, 1953	3:01
12.	"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"	Van Heusen, Burke	August 14, 1953	4:00
13.	"I Want to Be Happy"	Youmans, Caesar	August 14, 1953	2:50
14.	"Audrey"		August 14, 1953	2:54
15.	"Glass Enclosure"		August 14, 1953	2:21

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

2001 RVG edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Autumn in New York"	Duke	2:54
2.	"Reets and I"	Harris	3:22
3.	"Sure Thing"		2:40
4.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas"	Pettiford	3:04
5.	"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"	Van Heusen, Burke	4:04
6.	"I Want to Be Happy"	Youmans, Caesar	2:53
7.	"Audrey"		2:58
8.	"Glass Enclosure"		2:25
9.	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	Cole Porter	2:37
10.	"Autumn in New York" (alternate take #1)		2:13
11.	"Autumn in New York" (alternate take #2)		2:58
12.	"Reets and I" (alternate take #1)		2:33
13.	"Reets and I" (alternate take #2)		3:13
14.	"Sure Thing" (alternate take)		2:45
15.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take)		2:11

recorded August 14, 1953

Personnel

Musicians

August 9, 1949

Bud Powell – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

May 1, 1951

Bud Powell – piano
Curley Russell – bass
Max Roach – drums

August 14, 1953

Bud Powell – piano
George Duvivier – bass
Art Taylor – drums

Technical personnel

Original

Alfred Lion – producer
Doug Hawkins – recording engineer
Rudy Van Gelder – mastering
John Hermansader – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

Reissue

Michael Cuscuna – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – remastering
Leonard Feather, Bob Blumenthal – liner notes

References

↑ Billboard May 19, 1956
↑ The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at AllMusic
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1177. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

Blue Note BLP 5041, BLP 1504
Bud Powell at jazzdisco.org
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 at BlueNote.com

External links

NPR Basic Jazz Record Library entry, with audio samples.

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[1] Billboard May 19, 1956

[2] The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at AllMusic

[3] Allmusic review

[4] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-6] 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1177. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Bud Powell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
As leader or co-leader	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48) Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53) Jazz Giant/Piano Solos/Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50) The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51) The Genius of Bud Powell/Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51) Inner Fires (1953) The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953) Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956) Jazz Original/Bud Powell '57 (1954–55) The Lonely One... (1955) Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955) Blues in the Closet (1956) Strictly Powell (1956) Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (1957) Swingin' with Bud (1957) Bud Plays Bird (1957–58) Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4) (1958) The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (1958) Bud in Paris (1959–60) The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960) A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961) 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961) At the Golden Circle (1962) Bouncing with Bud (1962) Americans in Europe (split album, 1963) Bud Powell in Paris (1963) Relaxin' at Home (1961–64) The Invisible Cage (1964) Holidays in Edenville (1964) The Return of Bud Powell (1964) Award at Birdland (1964) Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
With others	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944) New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945) Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946) J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946) Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) One Night in Birdland (1950) Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953) Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960) Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
Compilations and Box-sets	The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55) The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63) The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57) The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
Compositions	"Bouncing with Bud" (1946) "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949) "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951) "Un Poco Loco" (1951) "Glass Enclosure" (1953) "Mediocre" (1955) "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)