Bud Powell - Radio Broadcasts Summer 1953

Just wanted to get one last one in before the end of the month. I've had this ready to go for awhile. Wasn't really sure how much interest there would be in this. Enjoy...

Here's one I found as I was cleaning out some old cassettes. The sound quality isn't that great, but i suspect it wasn't on the original source as I was using a Nakamichi deck at the time I would have grabbed this. I probably grabbed this from a late night radio show. The fact that the sound is muffled is probably why the cassette languished in a box all these many years. Despite that I found myself enjoying the music once I decided to give it a quick listen before converting or trashing. I'm thinking that may even be Mingus on bass and then, what the hell that has to be Bird on a couple of tracks. So yeah, we're keeping it and even sharing it here.

*While researching before posting I see now that ESP was offering digital dls of this but physical product. What's this world coming to? Also their track listings appear to be different than what I have on tape. I'll try to do my best to reconcile the two, as I sometimes have problems recognizing even the most common songs, or rather recognizing the titles of such. They also supplied all the info as I had nothing but a cassette in a plastic case.

Bud Powell 

1953 Summer Broadcasts

1. I've Got You Under My Skin

2. Autumn In New York

3. I Want To Be Happy

4. Moose The Mooche

5. Cheryl

6. Budo

7. My Heart Stood Still

8. Dance Of The Infidels

9. Dance Of The Infidels

Bud Powell - piano

Charles Mingus - bass

Art Taylor - drums

add Bird (as) and Candido (cgs) to tracks 3 & 4

recorded at Birdland
1-5 - 5/30/53
6-8 - 6/20/53
9 - 7/11/53

here

Coleman Hawkins - hawk in germany

Although Hawk gets top billing on this lp, he only appears on half of the program. And so it is when you have successfully made the transition from big band to bop.

This session features four ex-pats, all incredible in their own right. And sadly for 3 of them, recording would end shortly.

Hawk and Powell were far from their peak, but somehow this recording of old friends seems to generate a spark. Pettiford would have passed within 6 mos., Powell within 3 years, which is also when Hawkins quit recording and just took to the bottle. He hung on for another 3 years. Only Klook managed to survive the ravages of fame, quietly passing at 81.

But so much for back story, the lp is classic Black Lion production. Lots of standards, with the Powell Trio taking the mostly upbeat tracks with Bean joining for the second half, mostly ballads.

I often wonder if this has not been released as the Essen Concert.

Anyway for your enjoyment, another vinyl rip...

Coleman Hawkins/Bud Powell - hawk in germany
1. Shaw Nuff
2. Blues In The Closet
3. Willow Weep For Me
4. John's Abbey
5. Salt Peanuts
6. All The Things You Are
7. Yesterdays
8. Stuffy
9. Just You, Just Me

Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax
Bud Powell - piano
Oscar Pettiford - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums

recorded April 2, 1960
stereo

BL - 159

Bebop

Ok - a generic enough title - but not mine. Sill an opportunity for a generic post. No images found for this record. Another New World compilation and I think we all know where this one is headed. Some nice rare versions of songs on this though... all again in glorious mono.

And here is a link to the liner notes in a pdf file. All 22 pages!!!

www.dramonline.org/content/notes/nwr/80271.pdf




NW 271

1. Congo Blues - Red Norvo and his Selected Sextet
2. You're Not The Kind - Sarah Vaughn w/ Tadd Dameron's Orchestra
3. Shaw Nuff - Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet
4. Parker's Mood - Charlie Parker All-Stars
5. Things To Come - Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra
6. Relaxin' At Camarillo - Charlie Parker's New Stars
7. Embracable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
8. Ko-Ko - Charlie Parker's Reboppers
9. Lemon Drop - Woody Herman and his Orchestra
10. Un Poco loco - Bud Powell Trio
11. Jahbero - Tadd Dameron Septet
12. Misterioso - Thelonious Monk Quartet
13. What Is This Thing Called Love - Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet
14. Stop Time - Horace Silver Quintet