Bud Plays Bird Explained

Bud Plays Bird
Type:studio
Artist:Bud Powell
Cover:Bud Plays Bird (album cover).jpg
Released:1997
Recorded:October 14, 1957
December 2, 1957
January 30, 1958 (New York City)
Genre:Jazz
Length:61:38
Label:Roulette / Blue Note
Producer:Rudy Traylor, Michael Cuscuna
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Bud Plays Bird is a studio album by the jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded late 1957/early 1958 for Roulette, but unreleased until 1997, when it was rediscovered by Michael Cuscuna and released by Blue Note (under the Roulette label) as part of The Blue Note Collection.[1]

Track listing

All songs were written by Charlie Parker, except where noted.

  1. "Big Foot" [long version] (aka "Drifting on a Reed") – 6:24
  2. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:10
  3. "Buzzy" – 4:02
  4. "Yardbird Suite" – 4:04
  5. "Relaxin' at Camarillo" – 4:27
  6. "Confirmation" – 5:50
  7. "Billie's Bounce" – 4:02
  8. "Ko Ko" – 5:40
  9. "Barbados"—4:09
  10. "Dewey Square" – 4:14
  11. "Moose the Mooche" – 3:37
  12. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 5:06
  13. "Scrapple from the Apple" – 3:51
  14. "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:41
  15. "Big Foot" [short version] (aka "Drifting on a Reed") – 3:30

Personnel

Performance

October 14, 1957, tracks 2-4, 6, 8, 11, 14. December 2, 1957, tracks 7, 12. January 30, 1958, tracks 1, 5, 9-10, 13, 15. New York.

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Togashi, Nobuaki . Matsubayashi, Kohji . Hatta, Masayuki . Bud Powell Discography (Roulette CDP 7243 8 37137-2). . 2009-08-02 .