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Bud Freeman - The Alternative Takes 1935-1945 (2002) {Neatwork ‎RP 2044}
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© 1935-45, 2002 Neatwork ‎| RP 2044
Jazz / Swing / Saxophone

The Alternative Takes series is of immense value to consumers of the "French Classics" CD series. These are alternate takes in chronological order of historic jazz (and some blues) with a strong representation of the swing era. The Alternative Takes: 1935-1945 contains 25 Bud Freeman tracks on a single disc including multiple takes of "You Took Advantage of Me," "What's the Use?," and "Memories of You." While the disc is definitely directed toward collectors, anyone with an interest in this period of jazz will also enjoy it.

Bud Powell - The Complete Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960) {Black Lion BLCD760105 rel 1988}
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© 1960, 1988 Black Lion / Phonoco | BLCD 760105
Jazz / Bebop / Bop / Piano

Pianist Bud Powell is heard in top form throughout this CD, playing six selections with his all-star trio (which also includes bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke) and three songs on which the trio is joined by the great tenor Coleman Hawkins. There is plenty of classic bebop throughout the concert performance with Powell mostly sticking to standards (along with his original "John's Abbey"); Hawkins is best on "Stuffy." This release is recommended as a fine example of the playing of these classic masters.

Bud Powell - Holidays In Edenville, 64 (1989) {Mythic Sound ‎MS 6008-2}
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© 1964, 1989 Mythic Sound ‎| MS 6008-2
Jazz / Bebop / Bop / Piano

On this CD in Mythic Sound's valuable series of privately recorded Bud Powell performances, the masterful pianist is heard playing informally in a small club on the coast of France shortly before he made the fatal decision to return to the United States. These previously unreleased selections feature Powell with a young trio (bassist Guy Hayat and drummer Jacques Gervais) and (on two of the ten songs including a 17-minute version of "Hot House") joyfully welcoming the great tenor Johnny Griffin to the bandstand. The recording quality is sometimes a little erratic but Powell is in suprisingly strong form this late in his career; this set should be checked out by bop collectors.

Bud Powell - Salt Peanuts (1964) {Black Lion BLCD760121 rel 1988}
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© 1964, 1988 Black Lion Records ‎| BLCD760121
Jazz / Bop / Piano

In Aug. 1964 pianist Bud Powell and his friend/guardian Francis Paudras went on vacation to Edenville on the coast of France. Powell played at a small club each night in a very relaxed atmosphere. This CD contains some of the performances, four songs with a trio (that includes bassist Guy Hayat and drummer Jacques Gervais) and, best of all, three hot numbers that feature tenor great Johnny Griffin who makes the group a quartet. The recording quality is a little erratic on this set but Powell often sounds quite inspired.

Jazz superstar Chick Corea and some of jazz's finest musicians team up to salute legendary jazzman Bud Powell in these two 1996 sets. Corea, Roy Haynes, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Wallace Roney and young master saxophonist Joshua Redman play live in Japan and Germany, highlighted by some of Powell's finest music.

This CD reissue is one of the most rewarding Bud Powell recordings to come from his period in France. Powell (along with bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Kenny Clarke) explores four of Thelonious Monk's tunes, Earl Bostic's "No Name Blues" and the standard "There Will Never Be Another You" but it is the final two numbers ("I Ain't Foolin'" and "Squatty") which really find the bop master at his most spirited and swinging. This very rewarding CD releases for the first time the alternate take (a faster rendition without a clear melody) of "Squatty," a song that (based on its original version) deserves to be revived. One oddity: the applause heard throughout this release was added on later because this was actually a studio album.

by Scott Yanow, AMG