This is a discography of
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory,Grove Powell's application of complex phrasing to ...
.
Discography
Studio albums
Roost & Blue Note years
Mercury & Verve years
Other labels
Live and home recordings
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 Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...
* ''
Dexter Rides Again'' (
Savoy
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, 1958) – 1946 session only
* ''
Our Man in Paris'' (Blue Note, 1963)
With others
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Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
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Paris Jam Session
''Paris Jam Session'' is a live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with guest appearances by Bud Powell and Barney Wilen, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 18 December 1959. It was released by Fontana (France) ...
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Fontana
Fontana may refer to:
Places
Italy
*Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone
*Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone
* Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino
*Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi
...
, 1959)
*
J. J. Johnson, ''
J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets'' (Savoy, 1950s) – 1946 session only
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...
, ''
Mingus at Antibes'' (
Atlantic
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, 1976) – rec. 1960. plays on "
I'll Remember April".
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Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of beb ...
, ''
One Night in Birdland'' (
Columbia, 1977)
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Frank Socolow, ''
New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings'' (Fresh Sound, 2005) – 1945 session only
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...
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Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson'' (Prestige, 1957) – rec. 1949–1950
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Cootie Williams
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career at the age of 14 with the Yo ...
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Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944
''Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944'' is a compilation album of recordings by jazz trumpeter Cootie Williams from 1941, 1942, and 1944 (no recordings were made in 1943 due to the 1942–44 musicians' strike). It was released by Chron ...
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Classics
Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...
, 1995)
References
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