Ninth Gate Extra

Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor. He is known for such hits as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, and he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup "The Highwaymen". In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Collection includes: Kristofferson (1970); Me & Bobby McGee (1971); The Silver Tongued Devil And I (1971); Border Lord (1972); Jesus Was A Capricorn (1972); Breakaway (1974) with Rita Coolidge; A Star Is Born (1976) with Barbra Streisand; Natural Act (1978) with Rita Coolidge; A Moment of Forever (1995); The Austin Sessions (1999); The Essential Kris Kristofferson (2004) 2CD; This Old Road (2006); Closer To The Bone (2009); Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72 (2010); Feeling Mortal (2012).

By the autumn of 1953, one of the most active years of playing Bud Powell ever had, he had completely replaced the rhythm section of his trio. Gone were drummer Roy Haynes and Oscar Pettiford – who had been replaced by Mingus for a few dates earlier in the spring – and between September 5 and September 9, he'd gone through two more bass players, the estimable George Duvivier, who appears on tracks one through five, and finally by Curly Russell, who appears on two separate broadcasts from the ninth and the 26th of September. Drummer Art Taylor was a steady and had joined the band in June. The first half of this disc reveals Powell's interest in Latin rhythms for bebop.