The Best of Bud Powell on Verve
1994 greatest hits album by Bud Powell
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The Best of Bud Powell on Verve is a selection of jazz pianist Bud Powell's recordings for Verve Records, released on August 23, 1994.[3]
| The Best of Bud Powell on Verve | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | August 23, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1949–1955 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 57:22 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz, Leroy Lovett | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The similarly titled The Best of Bud Powell was released by Blue Note Records in 1989, and features tracks recorded from 1949 to 1963 on that label, with little overlap in song selection.[4]
Track listing
All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.
- "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:44
- "Dance of the Infidels" – 2:16
- "So Sorry, Please" – 3:14
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 2:48
- "Willow Grove" (aka "Willow Groove") – 4:27
- "Tempus Fugue-it" (aka "Tempus Fugit") – 2:25
- "It Never Entered My Mind" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:56
- "Bean and the Boys" (Contrafact of "Lover Come Back to Me") (Coleman Hawkins) – 3:38
- "Celia" – 2:57
- "Tea for Two" [78 take (take 10)] (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 3:46
- "Star Eyes" (Gene De Paul, Don Raye) – 3:28
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:08
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:15
- "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Bronislaw Kaper, Gus Kahn, Walter Jurmann) – 2:59
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Mitchell Parish) – 4:58
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 3:50
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (aka "Parisienne Thorofare") – 2:28
Personnel
Performance
Bud Powell plays piano on all tracks.
April 27, 1955, tracks 1, 11, 15. April 25, 1955, track 5.
January 13, 1955, track 2.
- Percy Heath – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
February 1950, tracks 3, 4, 12.
- Curly Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
February 23, 1949, tracks 6, 10, 14.
- Ray Brown – bass
- Max Roach – drums
June 4, 1954, track 7.
- Percy Heath – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
January 11, 1955, tracks 8, 13.
- Lloyd Trotman – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
July 1, 1950, track 9.
- Ray Brown – bass
- Buddy Rich – drums
February, 1951, tracks 16–17 – Powell solos.
Production
- Norman Granz – producer
- Max Harrison – liner notes
- Leroy Lovett – producer