Bud Powell discography

This is the discography of Bud Powell. Most of these recordings are listed by the year they were recorded rather than year released.

Discography

Years listed are years recorded (not years released).

Studio recordings

1947: Bud Powell Trio (Roost)[1]
1949–50: Bud Powell Piano Solos (Mercury / Clef) aka (½ of) Jazz Giant (Norgran / Verve)[2]
1949–51: The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note)[3]
1950: Bud Powell Piano Solos No. 2 (Mercury / Clef) aka (½ of) Jazz Giant (Norgran / Verve)[4]
1950–51: Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury / Clef) aka The Genius of Bud Powell (Verve)[5]
1953: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)[6]
1953: Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 (Roost)[7]
1954–55: Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran / Verve)[8]
1954–55: Jazz Original (Norgran) aka Bud Powell '57 (Norgran / Verve)[9]
1955: The Lonely One... (Verve)[10]
1955: Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (Norgran / Verve)[11]
1956: Blues in the Closet (Verve)[12]
1956: Strictly Powell (RCA Victor)[13]
1957: Swingin' with Bud (RCA Victor)[14]
1957: Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note)[15]
1957–58: Bud Plays Bird (Roulette / Blue Note)[16]
1958: Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4) (Blue Note)[17]
1958: The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (Blue Note)[18]
1961: A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia)[19]
1961: A Portrait of Thelonious (Columbia)[19]
1963: Bud Powell in Paris (Reprise)[20]

Live and home recordings

1944–48: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (Mythic Sound)
1953: Winter Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Spring Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Inner Fires (Elektra)
1953: Summer Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Autumn Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Live at Birdland (Queen Disc [Italy])
1953–55: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2: Burnin' in U.S.A., 53–55 (Mythic Sound)
1957–59: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3: Cookin' at Saint-Germain, 57–59 (Mythic Sound)
1959–60: Bud in Paris (Xanadu)
1959–61: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5: Groovin' at the Blue Note, 59–61 (Mythic Sound)
1960: The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (Black Lion)
1960–64: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11: Gift for the Friends, 60–64 (Mythic Sound)
1961: Pianology (Moon [Italy])[21]
1961–64: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 4: Relaxin' at Home, 61-64 (Mythic Sound)
1962: Bud Powell Live in Lausanne 1962 (Stretch Archives)
1962: Bud Powell Live in Geneva (Norma [Japan])
1962: Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vols. 1–5 (Steeplechase)[22]
1962: Budism (SteepleChase)
1962: Bouncing with Bud (Sonet)
1962: 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (Dreyfus Jazz)
1962–64: Bud Powell at Home – Strictly Confidential (Fontana)
1963: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63 (Mythic Sound)
1963: Americans in Europe (multiple groups, Impulse!)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7: Tribute to Thelonious, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Blues for Bouffemont aka The Invisible Cage (Fontana)
1964: Hot House (Fontana)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8: Holidays in Edenville, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: The Return of Bud Powell (Roulette)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9: Return to Birdland, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10: Award at Birdland, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Ups'n Downs (Mainstream)

Notable compilations

Tempus Fugue-It (Proper) – Four disc set, from 1944 recordings with Cootie Williams to the first sessions for Blue Note and Clef in 1949–50.
The Complete Bud Powell on Verve – Five discs, sessions from 1949 to 1956.
The Best of Bud Powell on Verve – Single disc compilation.
The Best of Bud Powell (Blue Note) – Single disc compilation.
The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings – Four disc set containing all of the Amazing Bud Powell... Blue Note sessions plus Roost sessions from 1947 and 1953. The Blue Note sessions have also been remastered and reissued as individual CDs (though the Roost material is not included).
The Complete RCA Trio Sessions – Contains Swingin' with Bud and Strictly Powell.

As sideman

With Art Blakey

Paris Jam Session (Fontana, 1959)

With Dexter Gordon

Dexter Rides Again (Savoy, 1946 session only)
Our Man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963)

With J. J. Johnson

J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (Savoy, 1946 session only

With Charles Mingus

Mingus at Antibes – plays on "I'll Remember April" (Atlantic, 1960 [1976])

With The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)

Jazz at Massey Hall (Debut, 1953)

With Frank Socolow

New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Fresh Sound, 1945 session only)

With Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (Prestige, 1949–50 [1956])

With Cootie Williams

Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Classics)

References

10-inch LP release of January 1947 recording session. Roost RLP-401. Later re-issued together with Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 on a single 12-inch LP, Bud Powell Trio (Roost RLP 2224 / RST 2224).
10-inch LP release of February 1949 and February 1950 sessions. Mercury MG 35012 (Clef MGC 102 / Clef MGC 502 / Mercury MGC 502). Re-issued together with (most of) Piano Solos No. 2 as Jazz Giant (Norgran MGN 1063 / Verve MGV 8153).
1951 release of August 1949 and May 1951 sessions. Blue Note BLP 5003, BLP 1503.
10-inch LP release of February & July 1950 sessions. Mercury MGC 507 (Clef MGC 507). All but the two July tracks re-issued together with Piano Solos as Jazz Giant (Norgran MGN 1063 / Verve MGV 8153).
July 1950 session in trio; February 1951 session solo. Mercury MGC 610 (Clef MGC 610 / Clef MGC 739 and, as The Genius of Bud Powell, Verve 8115) Not to be confused with the Norgran release Bud Powell's Moods.
1954 release of August 1953 session. Blue Note BLP 5041, BLP 1504 / Blue Note BST 81504 (pseudo stereo).
10-inch LP release of September 1953 recording session. Roost RLP-412. Later re-issued together with Bud Powell Trio on a single 12-inch LP, Bud Powell Trio (Roost RLP 2224 / RST 2224).
June 1954, January 1955 sessions. Norgran MGN 1064 (Verve MGV 8154) Not to be confused with the Mercury / Clef release Bud Powell's Moods.
1955 release of December 1954 and January 1955 sessions. Norgran MGN 1017 (and, as Bud Powell '57, Norgran MGN 1098 / Verve MGV 8185).
January and April 1955 sessions. Verve MGV 8301.
April 1955 sessions. Norgran MGN 1077 (Verve MGV 8167).
September 1956 session. Verve MGV 8218.
October 1956 session, RCA Victor LPM 1423.
February 1957 session, RCA Victor LPM 1507.
August 1957 session. Blue Note BLP 1571 (Blue Note BST 81571, CDP 7 81571-2).
October & December 1957 and January 1958 sessions only released in 1997.
May 1958 session. Blue Note BLP 1598 (Blue Note BST 81598, CDP 7 46820-2).
December 1958 session. Blue Note BLP 4009 (Blue Note BST 84009, CDP 7 46529-2).
December 1961 session in Paris, produced by Cannonball Adderley.
February 1963 session in Paris, produced by Duke Ellington.
April 1961 live recording in Milan, Italy (Moon MCD 055-2). The album is split between the Powell session and unrelated 1966–70 European sessions by Thelonious Monk.
April 1962 live recordings at the Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden. With Torbjörn Hultcrantz on bass, and Sune Spångberg on drums. 5 volumes available as individual discs. Rare Powell vocals on "This Is No Laughin' Matter".

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[1] 10-inch LP release of January 1947 recording session. Roost RLP-401. Later re-issued together with Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 on a single 12-inch LP, Bud Powell Trio (Roost RLP 2224 / RST 2224).

[2] 10-inch LP release of February 1949 and February 1950 sessions. Mercury MG 35012 (Clef MGC 102 / Clef MGC 502 / Mercury MGC 502). Re-issued together with (most of) Piano Solos No. 2 as Jazz Giant (Norgran MGN 1063 / Verve MGV 8153).

[3] 1951 release of August 1949 and May 1951 sessions. Blue Note BLP 5003, BLP 1503.

[4] 10-inch LP release of February & July 1950 sessions. Mercury MGC 507 (Clef MGC 507). All but the two July tracks re-issued together with Piano Solos as Jazz Giant (Norgran MGN 1063 / Verve MGV 8153).

[5] July 1950 session in trio; February 1951 session solo. Mercury MGC 610 (Clef MGC 610 / Clef MGC 739 and, as The Genius of Bud Powell, Verve 8115) Not to be confused with the Norgran release Bud Powell's Moods.

[6] 1954 release of August 1953 session. Blue Note BLP 5041, BLP 1504 / Blue Note BST 81504 (pseudo stereo).

[7] 10-inch LP release of September 1953 recording session. Roost RLP-412. Later re-issued together with Bud Powell Trio on a single 12-inch LP, Bud Powell Trio (Roost RLP 2224 / RST 2224).

[8] June 1954, January 1955 sessions. Norgran MGN 1064 (Verve MGV 8154) Not to be confused with the Mercury / Clef release Bud Powell's Moods.

[9] 1955 release of December 1954 and January 1955 sessions. Norgran MGN 1017 (and, as Bud Powell '57, Norgran MGN 1098 / Verve MGV 8185).

[10] January and April 1955 sessions. Verve MGV 8301.

[11] April 1955 sessions. Norgran MGN 1077 (Verve MGV 8167).

[12] September 1956 session. Verve MGV 8218.

[13] October 1956 session, RCA Victor LPM 1423.

[14] February 1957 session, RCA Victor LPM 1507.

[15] August 1957 session. Blue Note BLP 1571 (Blue Note BST 81571, CDP 7 81571-2).

[16] October & December 1957 and January 1958 sessions only released in 1997.

[17] May 1958 session. Blue Note BLP 1598 (Blue Note BST 81598, CDP 7 46820-2).

[18] December 1958 session. Blue Note BLP 4009 (Blue Note BST 84009, CDP 7 46529-2).

[ReferenceA-19] December 1961 session in Paris, produced by Cannonball Adderley.

[20] February 1963 session in Paris, produced by Duke Ellington.

[21] April 1961 live recording in Milan, Italy (Moon MCD 055-2). The album is split between the Powell session and unrelated 1966–70 European sessions by Thelonious Monk.

[22] April 1962 live recordings at the Gyllene Cirkeln, Stockholm, Sweden. With Torbjörn Hultcrantz on bass, and Sune Spångberg on drums. 5 volumes available as individual discs. Rare Powell vocals on "This Is No Laughin' Matter".