Return to Birdland, 64

Return to Birdland, 64
Return to Birdland, 64
	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9
Live album by Earl Bud Powell
Released	1989
Recorded	September 30, 1964
Venue	Birdland, NYC
Genre	Bebop
Length	61:03
Label	Mythic Sound
Bud Powell chronology

Return to Birdland, 64, also known as Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9, is a live album by American jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded at Birdland on September 30, 1964 and was released by Mythic Sound in 1989. Powell's trio features rhythm section John Ore and J. C. Moses.^[1]

Recording and production[edit]

Francis Paudras wrote in his book Dance of the Infidels that he recorded Powell's Birdland sessions using a bootleg microphone he attached to the club's piano microphone. This enabled Powell to cue the song titles directly to Paudras to record. At one point Powell had to ask over the microphone what tune he was playing in the middle of his solo, as he suffered from severe amnesia at the time.^[2]

Reception[edit]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote positively of the album, rating it 4 out of 4 stars and praising its "quiet joy."^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

Track listing[edit]

"The Best Thing for You" (Irving Berlin)
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk)
"I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
"Wee" (Denzil Best)
"Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
"That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
"Hallucinations"
"It Could Happen to You" (Van Heusen, Burke)
"Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing)
"Buttercup"
"Conception" (Shearing, Powell)^[1]

Personnel[edit]

Bud Powell – piano
John Ore – bass
J. C. Moses – drums

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Bud Powell Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
^ Paudras, Francis (1998). Dance of the Infidels. Da Capo Press. pp. 264–5.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. Penguin. pp. 1063–64.

[:0-1] "Bud Powell Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[2] Paudras, Francis (1998). Dance of the Infidels. Da Capo Press. pp. 264–5.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. Penguin. pp. 1063–64.

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v t e 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	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! (1957) Swingin' with Bud (1957) Bud Plays Bird (1957–58) Time Waits (1958) The Scene Changes (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, 61–64 (1961–64) The Invisible Cage (1964) Holidays in Edenville (1964) The Return of Bud Powell (1964) Award at Birdland, 64 (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	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48) 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) "Bud on Bach" (1957) "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
Related	Round Midnight (1986)