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
Recorded	August 14, 1953
Studio	WOR, NYC
Genre	Bebop
Length	24:19 ; 42:50 (RVG edition)
Label	Blue Note; BLP 5041
Producer	Alfred Lion
Bud Powell chronology

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at WOR Studios in New York on August 14, 1953 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section George Duvivier and Art Taylor.

Releases[edit]

Half of the original cuts 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).

Blue Note discontinued their 10" Modern Jazz late 1955. The following year, the label recompiled Powell's first three sessions as The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (1956; BLP 1503) and The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2 (1956; BLP 1504). 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 second volume.

When Rudy Van Gelder remastered the pair of the 2001 RVG edition, he placed the first two sessions on Volume 1 and the third session on Volume 2, mirroring the original 10" release. 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.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Bebop	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[5]

Track listing[edit]

Original release[edit]

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

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

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

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

Technical personnel[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Allmusic review
^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Backbeat. p. 62.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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[edit]

NPR Basic Jazz Record Library entry, with audio samples.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Backbeat. p. 62.

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

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] 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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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)