The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings explained

The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings
Type:	box
Artist:	Bud Powell
Cover:	BudPowell_TheCompleteBlueNoteAndRoostRecordings.JPG
Released:	October 4, 1994
Recorded:	1947–1963
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Prev Title:	The Best of Bud Powell on Verve
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Bud Plays Bird
Next Year:	1997

The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings is a four-disc box set by American jazz pianist Bud Powell compiling his recordings as leader for Blue Note, and two early sessions for Roost, released by Blue Note on October 4, 1994.

Personnel

Musicians

January 10, 1947

• Bud Powell – piano
• Curly Russell – bass
• Max Roach – drums
  • New York. Roost session  - see Bud Powell Trio

August 9, 1949

• Bud Powell – piano
• Fats Navarro – trumpet (except "You Go to My Head" and "Ornithology")
• Sonny Rollins – tenor sax (except "You Go to My Head" and "Ornithology")
• Tommy Potter – bass
• Roy Haynes – 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 – bass
• Art Taylor – 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 – trombone (tracks 7-9)
• Paul Chambers – bass (except track 6  - Powell solo)
• Art Taylor – drums (except track 6  - Powell solo)
  • Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. See Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3)

May 24, 1958

• Bud Powell – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. See

December 28, 1958

• Bud Powell – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. See

May 23, 1963

• Bud Powell – piano
• Pierre Michelot – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums
  • CBS Studios, Paris. Disc 4, track 15. See Dexter Gordon's Our Man in Paris

References

• The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings at [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r210470|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com]