The Bud Powell website

[Hardbopjazz]

Bud will always be one of my favorite jazz musicians. The website below just got a makeover. The site is maintained by Carl Smith.

http://budpowell.com/

[Gheorghe]

Needless to say that I am a big fan of Bud. Carl Smith wrote a wonderful book about all of Bud´s recordings. I got almost everything Bud recorded, so it was a fantastic experience to read his book. I also like the way how he described Bud´s later work.

[blind-blake]

Carl just forwarded me the below email he received. Anyone know about this Bud material, which was located in an Oscar Pettiford online discography? Thanks in advance.

Hi Carl,

I found this information about Bud Powell recordings on an Oscar Pettiford site,I did not see these dates in the claude schlouch discography. Do you have these recordings ?

590509 24:00 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, NL. "Jazz for the DSC" (DSC = Dutch Swing College Band, which also performed). The other participants (collectively listed): Lucky Thompson, Stan Getz, Bud Powell, Pim Jacobs (a Dutch pianist), Oscar Pettiford, Ruud Jacobs (a Dutch bassist), Kenny Clarke, Wally Bishop (American drummer, long time resident in the Netherlands).

600221 5. Festival del Jazz di S. Remo (Italy). Barney Wilen with Oscar Pettiford Trio. Barney Wilen ts, ss*, Oscar Pettiford b, Bud Powell p, Kenny Clarke d.

Night In Tunisia

'Round Midnight*

Oscar Pettiford Trio. Oscar Pettiford b, Bud Powell p, Kenny Clarke d.

Salt Peanuts

Willow Weep For Me (unaccompanied bass solo)

52nd Street Theme

OP got raving reviews. Cf. "jazz di ieri e di oggi", March 3, 1960, p. 22: "Devo fare un discorso assai diverso per il bassista Oscar Pettiford che ha preso due assoli di gran classe, segnatamente quello su Willow Weep For Me, che ne fanno decisamente uno dei migliori improvvisatori del Festival e forse il miglior contrabassista di jazz che abbiamo mai ascoltato in Italia". (Livio Cerri). - P. 24: "A questo punto capitò il fantastico a solo di Oscar Pettiford, ed il pubblico capì di trovarsi di fronte a qualcosa di veramente speciale: si sarebbe sentito cadere uno spillo e l'esplosione del pubblico alla fine, du forse l'applauso più entusiastico di tutto if festival." (Francis Thorne).

Bud Powell Trio. Bud Powell p, Oscar Pettiford or Pierre Michelot* b, Kenny Clarke d. As announced in Jazz Hot 152. March 1960. It is certain that Michelot is the bassist on 600312; it is also certain that OP plays on 600320 (Berlin; cf. 600320 OP Trio); it is not certain that OP plays on other dates.

600307 Nizza

600308 Marseille

600312 Paris* I have this one.

600315 Lyon

600317 Basel

600318 Zürich

600319 Lausanne

600320 Berlin

600321 Nantes

600322 Angers

The may 9, 1959 gives a recording time of 24 minutes,but the other listing may only be tunes he played but we don't know if a tape exist. Let me know what you think.

[paul secor]

Bud will always be one of my favorite jazz musicians. The website below just got a makeover. The site is maintained by Carl Smith.

http://budpowell.com/

Thanks for posting the link.

[flat5]

http://www.jazzarchive.eu/netherlands01.php

http://www.jazzarchief.nl/

A place to start.

Edited March 2, 2014 by flat5

[blind-blake]

Thanks flat!