This is a discography of Bud Powell.
Discography
Studio albums
Roost & Blue Note years YearLabelCatalogue numberTitleDate recordedNotes1951 Royal RoostRLP-401 The Bud Powell Trio, Vol. 1 1947. 195310"; reissued as Bud Powell Trio1952 Blue NoteBLP 5003 The Amazing Bud Powell 1949-08-08, 1951-05-0110"1954 Blue NoteBLP 5041 The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 1953-08-1410"1956Blue NoteBLP 1503The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 11949-08-08, 1951-05-01, 1953-08-14compiles BLP 5003 & BLP 5041BLP 1504The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 21957 RoostRLP 2224 Bud Powell Trio 1947,19531957Blue NoteBLP 1571Bud!1957-08-03AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 31958Blue NoteBLP 1598Time Waits1958-05-24AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 41959Blue NoteBLP 4009The Scene Changes1958-12-29AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 51996Roulette / Blue NoteOctober & December 1957 and January 1958 sessions only released in 1997.Bud Plays Bird1957-10-14, 1957-12-02, 1958-01-30
Mercury & Verve years YearLabelCatalogue numberTitleDate recordedNotes1950 Mercury / ClefMG C-102 Bud Powell Piano Solos 1949 –195010"; originally released on three shellac discs1952 Mercury / ClefMG C-507 Bud Powell Piano Solos (No. 2) 1949 –195010"; originally released on three shellac discs1954 Mercury / ClefMG C-610 Bud Powell's Moods 1950 –1951Reissued as The Genius of Bud Powell1954 NorgranMG N-23 The Artistry of Bud Powell 1954 –195510"; reissued as Bud Powell's Moods1955 NorgranMGN 1017 Jazz Original 1954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12Reissued as Bud Powell '571956 VerveJuly 1950 session in trio; February 1951 session solo. Mercury MGC 610 (Clef MGC 610 / Clef MGC 739 and, as The Genius of Bud Powell, Verve 8115) Not to be confused with the Norgran release Bud Powell's Moods.MGV 8115 The Genius of Bud Powell 1950-07-01, 1951-02Reissue of Bud Powell's Moods1956 Norgran MGN 1063 Jazz Giant 1949–50reissued on Verve in 1957VerveMGV 81531956 NorgranMGN 1064 Bud Powell's Moods 1954-06-02, -04, 1955-01-12VerveMGV 81541956 NorgranMGN 1077 Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell 1955-04-25, -27VerveMGV 81671957 Norgran MGN 1098 Bud Powell '57 1954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12Reissue of Jazz OriginalVerveMGV 81851959 VerveMGV 8301 The Lonely One... 1955-01-13, 1955-04-25, -271958 VerveMGV 8218 Blues in the Closet 1956-09-23
Other labels YearLabelTitleDate recordedNotes1957 RCA VictorOctober 1956 session, RCA Victor LPM 1423. Strictly Powell 1956-10-051958 RCA VictorFebruary 1957 session, RCA Victor LPM 1507. Swingin' with Bud 1957-02-111962 Sonet / Storyville Bouncing with Bud 1962-04-26AKA In Copenhagen1964 RepriseFebruary 1963 session in Paris, produced by Duke Ellington. Bud Powell in Paris 1963–021964 Fontana/Black Lion The Invisible Cage 1964–07–31AKA Blues for Bouffemont1964 Roulette The Return of Bud Powell 1964-09-181965 ColumbiaDecember 1961 session in Paris, produced by Cannonball Adderley. A Portrait of Thelonious 1961–12–171973 Mainstream Ups 'n Downs 1964 –19661979 Columbia A Tribute to Cannonball 1961–12–15
Live and home recordings Year Label Title Date recordedNotes1953DebutJazz at Massey Hall195310"; live; with The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)1953DebutJazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 2195310"; live1963Impulse!Americans in Europe, Vol. 11963Americans in Europe, Vol. 2 ESP-Disk Winter Broadcasts 1953 1953 ESP-Disk Spring Broadcasts 1953 1953 ESP-Disk Summer Broadcasts 1953 1953 ESP-Disk Autumn Broadcasts 1953 1953 Queen Disc [Italy] Live at Birdland 1953 1975 Xanadu Bud in Paris 1959–12–12, 1960–02–14, 1960–03–12, 1960–06–15, 1960–10–14 Moon [Italy]April 1961 live recording in Milan, Italy (Moon MCD 055-2). The album is split between the Powell session and unrelated 1966–1970 European sessions by Thelonious Monk. Pianology 1961 Stretch Archives Bud Powell Live in Lausanne 1962 1962 Norma [Japan] Bud Powell Live in Geneva 19621978 SteepleChaseApril 1962 live recordings at the Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden. With Torbjörn Hultcrantz on bass, and Sune Spångberg on drums. 5 volumes available as individual discs. Rare Powell vocals on "This Is No Laughin' Matter". Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 1962Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 2Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 3Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 4Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 5 SteepleChase Budism 1962 SteepleChase 1962 Copenhagen 1962 SteepleChase 1962 Stockholm-Oslo 1962 1982Elektra/MusicianInner Fires 1953E1-60030 Fontana Bud Powell at Home – Strictly Confidential 1962–1964 Fontana Hot House 1964 1988 Black Lion The Essen Jazz Festival Concert 1960 1989Mythic SoundEarly Years of a Genius, 44–48 1944–1948AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1 1989Mythic SoundBurnin' in U.S.A., 53–55 1953–1955AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2 1989Mythic SoundCookin' at Saint-Germain, 57–59 1957–1959AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3 1989 Mythic Sound Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 1961–1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 41989 Mythic Sound Groovin' at the Blue Note, 59–61 1959–1961AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5 1989Mythic SoundWritin' for Duke, 63 1963AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6 1989 Mythic Sound Tribute to Thelonious, 64 1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7 1989 Mythic Sound Holidays in Edenville, 64 1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8 1989 Mythic Sound Return to Birdland, 64 1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9 1989 Mythic Sound Award at Birdland, 64 1964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10 1989 Mythic Sound Gift for the Friends, 60–64 1960–1964 AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11 1994 Dreyfus Jazz 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note 1962 2004 Piadrum Eternity 1961–1964
Notable compilations Tempus Fugue-It (Proper) – Four disc set, from 1944 recordings with Cootie Williams to the first sessions for Blue Note and Clef in 1949–50. The Complete Bud Powell on Verve – Five discs, sessions from 1949 to 1956. The Best of Bud Powell on Verve – Single disc compilation. The Best of Bud Powell (Blue Note) – Single disc compilation. The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings – Four disc set containing all of the Amazing Bud Powell... Blue Note sessions plus Roost sessions from 1947 and 1953. The Blue Note sessions have also been remastered and reissued as individual CDs (though the Roost material is not included). The Complete RCA Trio Sessions – Contains Swingin' with Bud and Strictly Powell.
As sideman Dexter Gordon Dexter Rides Again (Savoy, 1958) – 1946 session only Our Man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963)
With others Art Blakey, Paris Jam Session (Fontana, 1959) J. J. Johnson, J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy, 1950s) – 1946 session only Charles Mingus, Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic, 1976) – rec. 1960. plays on "I'll Remember April". Charlie Parker, One Night in Birdland (Columbia, 1977) Frank Socolow, New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Fresh Sound, 2005) – 1945 session only Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (Prestige, 1957) – rec. 1949–1950 Cootie Williams, Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Classics, 1995)
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