Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 explained

Early Years of a Genius, 44–48
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Earl Bud Powell
Cover:	Earl Bud Powell Vol. 1 - Early Years of a Genius, 44-48 (album cover).jpg
Caption:	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1
Released:	1989
Recorded:	1944–1948
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Mythic Sound
Prev Title:	The Essen Jazz Festival Concert
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Relaxin' at Home, 61–64
Next Year:	1989
Chronology:	Bud Powell

Early Years of a Genius, 44–48, also known as Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1, is the first of eleven volumes of Bud Powell material released by Francis Paudras on his Mythic Sound label. It features a selection of Powell's early work from 1944 to 1948.^[1]

Track listing

1. Introduction by Canada Lee
2. "West End Blues" (King Oliver)
3. "Perdido" [incomplete] (Juan Tizol)
4. "When My Baby Left Me" [incomplete] (Eddie Vinson, Cootie Williams)
5. "Royal Garden Blues" (Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams)  - 3:17
6. "Roll 'Em" (Cootie Williams)  - 2:54
7. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Ella Fitzgerald, Van Alexander)  - 2:49
8. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)  - 2:34
9. "Smack Me" (a.k.a. "You Talk a Little Trash" and "The Boppers") (Cootie Williams)  - 3:07
10. "Air Mail Special" (a.k.a. "Good Enough to Keep") (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy)
11. "One O'Clock Jump" [incomplete] (Count Basie)
12. Introduction by Leonard Feather
13. "Perdido" (Tizol)
14. "Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)

Personnel

• Bud Powell  - piano (all tracks)

Tracks 1-2. The Canada Lee Show, New York, July 4, 1944

• Cootie Williams  - trumpet
• unknown  - bass
• Canada Lee  - announcer

Tracks 3-5. Radio broadcast from the Apollo Theater or the Savoy Ballroom, New York, ca. January–May, 1944
Tracks 6-11. AFRS "Jubilee" Broadcast, NBC Studios, Hollywood, May 1, 1944

• Ermit V. Perry  - trumpet
• Tommy Stevenson  - trumpet
• George Treadwell  - trumpet
• Cootie Williams  - trumpet
• Lammar Wright  - trumpet
• Ed Burke  - trombone
• Ed Glover  - trombone
• Robert Horton  - trombone
• Frank Powell  - alto sax
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson  - alto sax
• Lee Pope  - tenor sax
• Sam "The Man" Taylor  - tenor sax
• Eddie de Verteuil  - baritone sax
• Leroy Kirkland  - guitar
• Carl Pruitt  - bass
• Sylvester "Vess" Payne  - drums
• Ella Fitzgerald  - vocals (tracks 7-8 only)
• unknown  - announcer (New York only)
• Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman  - announcer (Hollywood only)

Tracks 12-14. Radio broadcast from the Royal Roost, New York, December 19, 1948

• Benny Harris  - trumpet
• J.J. Johnson  - trombone
• Buddy DeFranco  - clarinet
• Lee Konitz  - alto sax
• Budd Johnson  - tenor sax
• Cecil Payne  - baritone sax
• Chuck Wayne  - guitar
• Nelson Boyd  - bass
• Max Roach  - drums
• Leonard Feather  - announcer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Togashi, Nobuaki . Matsubayashi, Kohji . Hatta, Masayuki . Bud Powell Discography (Mythic Sound MS 6001-1). . 2009-08-16 .