Bud Powell discography explained

This is a discography of Bud Powell.

Discography

Studio albums

Roost & Blue Note years

YearLabelCatalogue numberTitleDate recordedNotes
1951Royal RoostRLP-401The Bud Powell Trio, Vol. 11947–5310"; reissued as Bud Powell Trio
1952Blue NoteBLP 5003The Amazing Bud Powell1949-08-08, 1951-05-0110"
1954Blue NoteBLP 5041The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 21953-08-1410"
1956Blue NoteBLP 1503The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 11949-08-08, 1951-05-01, 1953-08-14compiles BLP 5003 & BLP 5041
BLP 1504The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2
1957RoostRLP 2224Bud Powell Trio1947–53
1957Blue NoteBLP 1571Bud!1957-08-03AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3
1958Blue NoteBLP 1598Time Waits1958-05-24AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
1959Blue NoteBLP 4009The Scene Changes1958-12-29AKA The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5
1997Roulette / Blue Note[1] Bud Plays Bird1957-10-14, -12-02, 1958-01-30

Mercury & Verve years

YearLabelCatalogue numberTitleDate recordedNotes
1950Mercury / ClefMG C-102Bud Powell Piano Solos1949–5010"; originally released on three shellac discs
1952Mercury / ClefMG C-507Bud Powell Piano Solos (No. 2)1949–5010"; originally released on three shellac discs
1954Mercury / ClefMG C-610Bud Powell's Moods1950–51Reissued as The Genius of Bud Powell
1954NorgranMG N-23The Artistry of Bud Powell1954–5510"; reissued as Bud Powell's Moods
1955NorgranMGN 1017Jazz Original1954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12Reissued as Bud Powell '57
1956Verve[2] MGV 8115The Genius of Bud Powell1950-07-01, 1951-02Reissue of Bud Powell's Moods
1956MGN 1063Jazz Giant1949–50reissued on Verve in 1957
VerveMGV 8153
1956NorgranMGN 1064Bud Powell's Moods1954-06-02, -04, 1955-01-12
VerveMGV 8154
1956NorgranMGN 1077Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell1955-04-25, -27
VerveMGV 8167
1957Norgran MGN 1098Bud Powell '571954-12-16, 1955-01-11, -12Reissue of Jazz Original
VerveMGV 8185
1959VerveMGV 8301The Lonely One...1955-01-13, -04-25, -27
1958VerveMGV 8218Blues in the Closet1956-09-23

Other

YearLabelTitleDate recordedNotes
1957RCA Victor[3] Strictly Powell1956-10-05
1958RCA Victor[4] Swingin' with Bud1957-02-11
1965Columbia[5] A Portrait of Thelonious1961
1979ColumbiaA Tribute to Cannonball1961
1962Sonet / StoryvilleBouncing with Bud1962-04-26AKA In Copenhagen
1964Reprise[6] Bud Powell in Paris1963
1964Fontana/Black Lion[7] The Invisible Cage1964AKA Blues for Bouffemont
1964RouletteThe Return of Bud Powell1964-09-18
1973MainstreamUps 'n Downs1964–1966

Live and home recordings

YearLabelTitleDate recordedNotes
1953DebutJazz at Massey Hall195310"; live; with The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)
1953DebutJazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 2195310"; live
1963Impulse!Americans in Europe, Vol. 11963
Americans in Europe, Vol. 2
ESP-DiskWinter Broadcasts 19531953
ESP-DiskSpring Broadcasts 19531953
ESP-DiskSummer Broadcasts 19531953
ESP-DiskAutumn Broadcasts 19531953
Queen Disc [Italy]Live at Birdland1953
1975XanaduBud in Paris1959–60
Moon [Italy][8] Pianology1961
Stretch ArchivesBud Powell Live in Lausanne 19621962
Norma [Japan]Bud Powell Live in Geneva1962
1978SteepleChase[9] Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 11962
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 2
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 3
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 4
Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vol. 5
SteepleChaseBudism1962
SteepleChase1962 Copenhagen1962
SteepleChase1962 Stockholm-Oslo1962
1982Elektra/MusicianInner Fires1953E1-60030
FontanaBud Powell at Home – Strictly Confidential1962–64
FontanaHot House1964
1988Black LionThe Essen Jazz Festival Concert1960
1989Mythic SoundEarly Years of a Genius, 44–481944–48AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1
1989Mythic SoundBurnin' in U.S.A., 53–551953–55AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2
1989Mythic SoundCookin' at Saint-Germain, 57–591957–59AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3
1989Mythic SoundRelaxin' at Home, 61–641961–64AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 4
1989Mythic SoundGroovin' at the Blue Note, 59–611959–61AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5
1989Mythic SoundWritin' for Duke, 631963AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6
1989Mythic SoundTribute to Thelonious, 641964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7
1989Mythic SoundHolidays in Edenville, 641964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8
1989Mythic SoundReturn to Birdland, 641964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9
1989Mythic SoundAward at Birdland, 641964AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10
1989Mythic SoundGift for the Friends, 60–641960–64AKA Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11
1994Dreyfus Jazz'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note1962
2004PiadrumEternity1961–64

Notable compilations

As sideman

References

  1. October & December 1957 and January 1958 sessions only released in 1997.
  2. July 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.
  3. October 1956 session, RCA Victor LPM 1423.
  4. February 1957 session, RCA Victor LPM 1507.
  5. December 1961 session in Paris, produced by Cannonball Adderley.
  6. February 1963 session in Paris, produced by Duke Ellington.
  7. Web site: Bud Powell Discography . 2023-12-21 . www.jazzdisco.org.
  8. April 1961 live recording in Milan, Italy (Moon MCD 055-2). The album is split between the Powell session and unrelated 1966–70 European sessions by Thelonious Monk.
  9. April 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".