Swingin' with Bud

Swingin' with Bud

Studio album by

Bud Powell

Released

1958

Recorded

February 11, 1957

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:21

Label

RCA Victor

Bud Powell chronology

Blues in the Closet
(1958)

Swingin' with Bud
(1958)

Time Waits
(1958)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
DownBeat	^[2]

Swingin' with Bud is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1958 by RCA Victor, featuring a session Powell recorded in 1957.^[3]

The album was released on CD by RCA in 1995. The session is also available on The Complete RCA Trio Sessions.

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Reception

Don Gold of DownBeat remarked, "Powell deserves better representation" and awarded the album 2.5 stars out of five.^[2]

Track listing

All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.

"Another Dozen" (George Duvivier) – 3:30
"'Almost Like Being In Love" – 4:59
"Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:24
"She" (George Shearing) – 5:11
"Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 3:19

"Shaw 'Nuff" (Gillespie) – 3:18
"Oblivion" – 2:34
"In the Blue of the Evening" (Alfonso D'Artega, Tom Adair) – 3:27
"Get It" – 3:08
"Birdland Blues" – 4:22
"Midway" – 3:09

Personnel

February 11, 1957, New York. The Bud Powell Trio.

Performance

Production

Burt Goldblatt – cover design & photo

References

^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Swingin' with Bud - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Gold, Don (July 10, 1958). "Swingin' with Bud". DownBeat. pp. 28, 29.
^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Catalog (RCA Victor LPM 1507)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

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! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (1957) Swingin' with Bud (1957) Bud Plays Bird (1957–58) Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4) (1958) The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (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 (1961–64) The Invisible Cage (1964) Holidays in Edenville (1964) The Return of Bud Powell (1964) Award at Birdland (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) "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)

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