Swingin' with Bud is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1958 by RCA Victor, featuring a session Powell recorded in 1957.[3]

Swingin' with Bud
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedFebruary 11, 1957
GenreJazz
Length39:21
LabelRCA Victor
Bud Powell chronology
Blues in the Closet
(1958)
Swingin' with Bud
(1958)
Time Waits
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
DownBeat[2]

The album was released on CD by RCA in 1995. The session is also available on The Complete RCA Trio Sessions.

Reception edit

Don Gold of DownBeat remarked, "Powell deserves better representation" and awarded the album 2.5 stars out of five.[2]

Track listing edit

All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.

  1. "Another Dozen" (George Duvivier) – 3:30
  2. "'Almost Like Being In Love" – 4:59
  3. "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:24
  4. "She" (George Shearing) – 5:11
  5. "Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 3:19
  1. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Gillespie) – 3:18
  2. "Oblivion" – 2:34
  3. "In the Blue of the Evening" (Alfonso D'Artega, Tom Adair) – 3:27
  4. "Get It" – 3:08
  5. "Birdland Blues" – 4:22
  6. "Midway" – 3:09

Personnel edit

February 11, 1957, New York. The Bud Powell Trio.

Performance edit

Production edit

References edit

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Swingin' with Bud - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Gold, Don (July 10, 1958). "Swingin' with Bud". DownBeat. pp. 28, 29.
  3. ^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Catalog (RCA Victor LPM 1507)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-06-17.