Bud Powell Birdland 3/23/53

[Larry Kart]

I have a 1991 Fresh Sound CD of the above material on "The Bud Powell Trio, Birdland '53, Vol. 1." It's superb Bud (however Vol. 2 shows a notable falloff on Bud's part IMO), and Roy Haynes take a long solo on "Salt Peanuts" that may be the most amazing thing he ever played -- at one point he seems to pause for a breath as though he himself were stunned by it all. In any case, a friend -- a drummer who's a Haynes freak -- is looking for this music, and I wonder if anyone can point him the right direction, if in fact there is one. I see that some of the 3/23/53 material (Boris Rose airchecks) is out on ESP 3022, but ESP lists "Salt Peanuts" at 2:56 versus Fresh Sound's 4:16, which suggests that some or all of Haynes's solo has been clipped out.

[Clunky]

The individual Cds appear to have been replaced by a 2CD set of the same material, I've only got Vol 2 which I thought was superb !!

Edited October 31, 2006 by Clunky

[brownie]

I have this material in the three volumes of 'Bud Powell 1953 Broadcast Performances' that appeared on the Italian Base label back in vinyl days!

The 'Salt Peanuts' there is the full length version. The Roy Haynes solo is a stunner indeed!

The Claude Schlouch discography of Bud Powell states it's Clyde Lombardi on bass on that date, not Charles Mingus as indicated on various issues (including the Base!).

Claude also lists that session as having been recorded on March 21 (not 23)!

[Larry Kart]

Thanks. If he can get his hands on the set, my drummer friend will be very happy. BTW, without giving away too many secrets, if things go according to plan, he's the guy who eventually will be publishing Peter Pullman's long-awaited Powell biography. Nice that my friend is a fine player (has been for almost 50 years now -- we met when we were in high school) as well as a longtime editor at a major academic publishing house.

[Michael Weiss]

This is some of the best Bud I've ever heard. I haven't listened to it in a while, but the chords he plays, such as on the introduction and ending of My Heart Stood Still is some very serious modern bi-tonal shit. If I played some examples on the piano for someone and asked "who's this?" the last person you might think of is Bud Powell.

[Guest youmustbe]

Yes, it's available as 2 CD set from Fresh Sound.

[Clunky]

also from 1953 and well worth hearing is "Inner Fires" on Elekra Musician. Some great albeit rather lo-fi Bud in Washington.

[Eric]

also from 1953 and well worth hearing is "Inner Fires" on Elekra Musician. Some great albeit rather lo-fi Bud in Washington.

That one definitely kicks ass

Yes, the sound is lousy, but you quickly forget about it

[kh1958]

I have an ESP-Disc LP from 1973, volume 1 of 6 volumes of broadcasts from the Royal Roost, Bud with Roy Haynes and Oscar Pettiford--from Feb. 7 and Feb. 14, 1953. The cover has no information but rather features a collage in which there is a dog with the head of a man--the disc is on clear yellow vinyl--the B side label has a floating man with the head of a bird.

The back cover explains that this is from the Boris Rose collection, and there is also a 14 volume series of Charlie Parker broadcasts, and three volumes of Billie Holiday broadcasts.

I wonder how many of these were actually released?

[brownie]

I wonder how many of these were actually released?

A pretty accurate list of ESP releases from Michael Fitzgerald's jazzdiscography site:

http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/esp.htm

[Claude Schlouch]

Hi folks,

The version of Salt Peanuts is the same on the following 3 issues I have:

ESP-DISK'(Jap)TKCZ-79157 (2CD) Bud Powell-Birdland 1953 All season sessions

Fresh Sound Records(Sp)FSCD-1017 Birdland '53-The Bud Powell trio Vol.1

Magic Music(G)30005-CD Bud Powell in March with Mingus

Have a good day!

Claude