The Genius of Bud Powell
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| Studio album by Bud Powell | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | July 1, 1950, February 1951 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:07 | |||
| Label | Mercury / Clef | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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The Genius of Bud Powell, originally titled Bud Powell's Moods, is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1956 by Mercury / Clef, featuring two sessions that Powell recorded in 1950 and 1951.
The album was re-released on CD by Verve in 1992, with two additional takes of "Tea for Two". The sessions also appear on The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1994) box set.
The two sessions mark Powell's fourth recording date as leader, following on from the February 1950 session for Jazz Giant.
The three takes of "Tea for Two" at the start of the CD release recall the classic 1955 LP release of The Amazing Bud Powell, which opens with three takes of "Un Poco Loco". Although the three versions here don't display the cumulative explorations of the "Un Poco Loco" takes, the sheer velocity and attack on each is remarkable.
Powell's composition "Parisian Thoroughfare", a "classic bop vehicle", has been recorded by several other artists, most notably the Clifford Brown and Max Roach quintet in 1954 (Clifford Brown & Max Roach), featuring Bud's brother Richie Powell on piano.
All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.
July 1, 1950, New York, tracks 1–4.
February 1951, New York, tracks 5–12.
The album was originally released as the 12" LP Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury / Clef MGC 610), and later re-released and re-titled The Genius of Bud Powell (Clef MGC 739, Verve MGV 8115). Confusingly, another album containing different sessions (from 1954 and 1955) was subsequently released as Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran MGN 1064). Confusingly again, in the late 1970s Verve released a double LP also called The Genius of Bud Powell, coupling the single-disc Genius with Jazz Giant, and also a follow-up double LP called The Genius of Bud Powell, Volume 2, containing sessions from 1954 to 1956.
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