Bud Plays Bird

Bud Plays Bird is a studio album by the jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded late 1957/early 1958 for Roulette, but unreleased until 1997, when it was rediscovered by Michael Cuscuna and released by Blue Note (under the Roulette label) as part of The Blue Note Collection.[3]

Bud Plays Bird
Studio album by
Bud Powell
Released1997
RecordedOctober 14, 1957
December 2, 1957
January 30, 1958 (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length61:38
LabelRoulette / Blue Note
ProducerRudy Traylor, Michael Cuscuna
Bud Powell chronology
Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3)
(1957)		 Bud Plays Bird
(1997)		 Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4)
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Track listing

All songs were written by Charlie Parker, except where noted.

  1. "Big Foot" [long version] (aka "Drifting on a Reed") – 6:24
  2. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) – 4:10
  3. "Buzzy" – 4:02
  4. "Yardbird Suite" – 4:04
  5. "Relaxin' at Camarillo" – 4:27
  6. "Confirmation" – 5:50
  7. "Billie's Bounce" – 4:02
  8. "Ko Ko" – 5:40
  9. "Barbados"—4:09
  10. "Dewey Square" – 4:14
  11. "Moose the Mooche" – 3:37
  12. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 5:06
  13. "Scrapple from the Apple" – 3:51
  14. "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:41
  15. "Big Foot" [short version] (aka "Drifting on a Reed") – 3:30

Personnel

Performance

October 14, 1957, tracks 2-4, 6, 8, 11, 14. December 2, 1957, tracks 7, 12. January 30, 1958, tracks 1, 5, 9-10, 13, 15. New York.

Production

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Roulette CDP 7243 8 37137-2)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.



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