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Bud Powell

Quintessence New York: 1944-1949

Quintessence New York: 1944-1949

UPC: 3448960223423

Format: CD (2 disc)

Release Date: Mar 08, 2001

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With the exceptions of classic Bird and Diz, these Bud Powell sides cut when he was at the height of his game represent some of the best of the bop era. Powell was on the bench with Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Clarke, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Fats Navarro, and the list goes on and on. The sound is fair to middling on some of the earlier performances, but you can hear everything in this cleaned-up mix. Powell aficionados will have everything here (if anything, there is a bit of overkill given that this is a double-disc set with 36 tracks), but this is an excellent introduction to arguably bebop's signature pianist. ~ Thom Jurek

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Floogie Boo
2 - Honeysuckle Rose
3 - Blue Garden Blues (Royal Garden Blues)
4 - Reverse the Charges
5 - Long Tall Dexter
6 - Jay Bird
7 - Jay Jay
8 - Behop in Pastel (Bouncing with Bud)
9 - Serenade to a Square
10 - Good Kick
11 - Epistrophy
12 - Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost)
13 - Boppin' a Riff, Pts. 1-2
14 - Webb City, Pts. 1-2
15 - I'll Remember April
16 - (Back Home Again In) Indiana
17 - Somebody Loves Me
18 - Bud's Bubble
Disc 2:
1 - Off Minor
2 - Everything Happens to Me
3 - Cheryl
4 - Tempus Fugue-It (Tempus Fugit)
5 - Celia
6 - Cherokee
7 - I'll Keep Loving You
8 - Strictly Confidential
9 - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
10 - Bouncing with Bud
11 - Wail
12 - Dance of the Indidels
13 - 52nd Street Theme
14 - Ornithology
15 - Parisian Thoroughfare
16 - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
17 - Sonny Side
18 - Bud's Blues