Bud Powell question

[mjzee]

In the booklet accompanying the box "Bud Powell - The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings," Bob Blumenthal writes "After several erratic sessions released on Design, Norgran/Verve and RCA Victor, Powell returned to Blue Note to record three albums in 1957 and '58."  Which recordings are these?  I've never heard of the Design label.

[JSngry]

The Design records I know was a supermarket label.

[mhatta]

Perhaps Debut?

[romualdo]

The Design label was launched in 1957 as a subsidiary of Pickwick Sales Corp. An article in Billboard (15 July 1957, p. 51) announced the entry of Design into the market with its first 24 releases. The next set of records was released at the end of Dec. 1957, according to Billboard (23 Dec. 1957, p. 17). The last release that year was catalog number DLP-56.

https://www.discogs.com/release/2821523-Various-Modern-Jazz-Hall-Of-Fame-Volume-1

https://www.discogs.com/release/28057503-The-Jazz-Stars-Progressive-Jazz

Various artists compilations originally released on Debut label

[JSngry]

Yep, supermarket label.

[Rooster_Ties]

https://www.discogs.com/label/72707-Design-Records-2

Lot more if you click ‘show more’ right under the start of the verbiage about the label (or I’m getting a ‘show more’ on iPhone).

See also:

https://www.bsnpubs.com/pickwick/designstory.html

Edited 2 hours ago by Rooster_Ties

[mjzee]

Yes, but which sessions were recorded for Design?  Blumenthal seems to say that there was a session for Design.  Maybe it's just an error on his part.

[Mark Stryker]

Tom Lord Jazz Discography shows only one Bud Powell track appearing on an LP issued on Design. "I've Got You Under My Skin" from the Massey Hall concert in 1953 with Mingus/Roach. This  and all other tracks on DLP29 were originally issued on Mingus' Debut label. It's possible that Bob misspoke and meant Debut rather than Design, but Bud on Debut in this time frame only means the Massey Hall quintet performances with Bird/Dizzy/Mingus/Max and the trio portion of the concert with just the rhythm section -- and I would certainly not describe Bud's playing here as erratic. 

Edited 29 minutes ago by Mark Stryker

[T.D.]

The discogs link given by Rooster has only one (compilation) album featuring Bud. It's the album linked to by romualdo.

The album from that second discogs link has 2 cuts with Bud: 1. Perdido, with Bird, Mingus and Dizzy, seemingly from Massey Hall; 2. Under My Skin by a "Bud Powell Trio" with Mingus and Max. Appears to be from the Toronto Debut session, but I can't tell when it was released (at least, the available Wiki material is unclear with regard to that track).