The Essen Jazz Festival Concert

The Essen Jazz Festival Concert
The Essen Jazz Festival Concert
Live album by Bud Powell and Coleman Hawkins
Released	1988
Recorded	April 2, 1960
Venue	Essen, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:14
Label	Black Lion
Producer	Alan Bates
Bud Powell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Essen Jazz Festival Concert is a live album by jazz pianist Bud Powell and saxophone player Coleman Hawkins compiled from a live concert by the two artists, joined by Oscar Pettiford on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.^[1]

The album was well received by critics, with Joseph Neff writing, "a safe bet that modern jazz fans will welcome this addition to their shelves" and giving the album an A-.^[2] Jazz critic Scott Yanow described Powell's performance as "top form" and described his trio as "all-star."^[1]

Track listing[edit]

"Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker) – 4:46
"Blues in the Closet" (Harry Babasin, Oscar Pettiford) – 5:53
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronnell) – 4:27
"John's Abbey" (Powell) – 3:49
"Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Gillespie) – 5:00
"All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:51
"Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 6:16
"Yesterdays" (Kern, Otto Harbach) – 6:37
"Stuffy" (Hawkins) – 7:35

Personnel[edit]

Performance[edit]

Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone (6–9)
Bud Powell – piano
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

Production[edit]

Erik Wiedemann – liner notes
Alan Bates – producer
Rick Simenson – design
Chuck Stewart – photography, cover photo

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Yanow, Scott (2023). "The Essen Jazz Festival Concert | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ Neff, Joseph (2018-03-27). "Graded on a Curve: Bud Powell, The Essen Jazz Festival Concert". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

[Allmusic-1] Yanow, Scott (2023). "The Essen Jazz Festival Concert | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

[2] Neff, Joseph (2018-03-27). "Graded on a Curve: Bud Powell, The Essen Jazz Festival Concert". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

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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)