''The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings'' is a four-disc box set by American jazz pianist

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 ...

compiling his recordings as leader for

Blue Note Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by German-Jewish emigrants Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue no ...

, and two early sessions for Roost, released by Blue Note on October 4, 1994.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

January 10, 1947

– piano *

Curly Russell Curly is a surname, given name, nickname or stage name. It may refer to: First name, nickname or stage name * Crazy Horse (1840–1877), Oglala Sioux war chief nicknamed "Curly" * Curly (scout), nickname of Ashishishe (1923), Crow Indian scout ...

– bass *

Max Roach Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He wo ...

– drums **New York. Roost session – see '' Bud Powell Trio''

August 9, 1949

*Bud Powell – piano *

Fats Navarro Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 7, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big bands before achieving fa ...

– trumpet (except "You Go to My Head" and "Ornithology") *

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

– tenor sax (except "You Go to My Head" and "Ornithology") *

Tommy Potter Charles Thomas Potter (September 21, 1918 – March 1, 1988) was an American jazz double bass player, best known for having been a member of Charlie Parker's "classic quintet", with Miles Davis, between 1947 and 1950. Born in Philadelphia, Penn ...

– bass *

Roy Haynes Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in ja ...

– drums ** WOR Studios, New York. See '' The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1''

May 1, 1951

*Bud Powell – piano *Curly Russell – bass (except "Over the Rainbow" and "A Night in Tunisia") *Max Roach – drums (except "Over the Rainbow" and "A Night in Tunisia") **WOR Studios, New York. See '' The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1'' and '' The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2''

August 14, 1953

*Bud Powell – piano *

George Duvivier George Duvivier (August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985) was an American jazz double-bassist. Biography Duvivier was born in New York City, the son of Leon V. Duvivier and Ismay Blakely Duvivier. He attended the Conservatory of Music and Art, where ...

– bass *

Art Taylor Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...

– drums **WOR Studios, New York. See '' The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2''

September 1953

*Bud Powell – piano *George Duvivier – bass *Art Taylor – drums **New York. Roost session – see '' Bud Powell Trio''

August 3, 1957

*Bud Powell – piano *

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 193 ...

– trombone (tracks 7-9) *

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop er ...

– bass (except track 6 – Powell solo) *Art Taylor – drums (except track 6 – Powell solo) **Rudy Van Gelder Studio,

Hackensack, New Jersey Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

. See '' Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3)''

May 24, 1958

*Bud Powell – piano * Sam Jones – bass *

Philly Joe Jones Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American Jazz drumming, jazz drummer. Biography Early career As a child, Jones appeared as a featured tap dancer on ''The Kiddie Show'' on the Philadelphia radio stat ...

– drums **Rudy Van Gelder Studio,

Hackensack, New Jersey Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

. See '' Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4)''

December 28, 1958

*Bud Powell – piano *Paul Chambers – bass *Art Taylor – drums **Rudy Van Gelder Studio,

Hackensack, New Jersey Hackensack is the most populous municipality in and the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

. See '' The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5)''

May 23, 1963

*Bud Powell – piano *

Pierre Michelot Pierre Michelot (3 March 1928 – 3 July 2005) was a French jazz double bass player and arranger. Early life Michelot was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris on 3 March 1928. He studied piano from 1936 to 1938, and switched to playing ...

– bass *

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride ...

– drums **CBS Studios, Paris. Disc 4, track 15. See

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 ...

's '' Our Man in Paris''

References

*''The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings'' at

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