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  • Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson
  • The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
  • Inner Fires
  • Bud Powell's Moods
  • Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 2
  • Jazz at Massey Hall
  • Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell
  • The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
  • Blues in the Closet
  • Strictly Powell
  • The Genius of Bud Powell
  • Swingin' with Bud
  • From Birdland (New York City, 1956)
  • The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3: Bud!
  • Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell
  • The Scene Changes (The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5)
  • Bud Plays Bird
  • The Lonely One
  • The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
  • The Essen Jazz Festival Concert
  • A Portrait of Thelonious
  • At the Golden Circle, Vol. 2
  • At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1
  • At the Golden Circle, Vol. 5
  • At the Golden Circle, Vol. 4
  • At the Golden Circle, Vol. 3
  • A Tribute to Cannonball
  • 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note
  • In Paris
  • Salt Peanuts
  • The Return of Bud Powell
  • Ups and Downs
  • Live at the Blue Note Café, Paris 1961
  • Bebop Boys [Indigo]
  • In Copenhagen

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Release Date

1993

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

1957 - December 17, 1961
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Bud Powell

Groovin' at the Blue Note (1959-1961)

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The fifth of ten Bud Powell CDs taken from the private tapes of Francis Paudras features the innovative pianist in fine form. Best are three selections (over half of the music) on which Powell, bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Kenny Clarke are joined by the always-swinging tenor Zoot Sims. All of the music on this release was recorded at the Blue Note club in Paris including a version of "How High the Moon" from 1957 that has trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Barney Wilen on tenor making Powell's trio a quintet. This is one of the better releases in the valuable series.