Bud Powell in Paris | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 25, 1964[1] | |||
Recorded | February 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 49:21 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra | |||
Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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Bud Powell in Paris is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded in Paris for Reprise in February 1963 and released in 1964. [2]
The album was produced by Duke Ellington with financial support from Frank Sinatra. Powell played the tune " Satin Doll" by ear after Ellington sang it to him during the session. [3]
Alternates and outtakes from the session were released by Mythic Sound on Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63. [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [7] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [8] |
Scott Yanow | [9] |
In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn noted Powell's "uneven but often astonishing piano work," and wrote: "the vast majority of selections are performed with flair and conviction." [5]
Writer Ira Gitler commented: "this album stands far above the painful Victors and Verves of the 1954–1956 period and is more like early Powell than the Blue Notes of the late fifties." [10]
A writer for Billboard stated that Powell plays "smoothly and most brightly," and is "capable of conveying the subtlest of jazz moods." [11]
Trevor Tolley of Coda remarked: "On 'How High the Moon' there is plenty of dash, but the fingering is not good... The record pointed to a decided decline." [12]
Bud Powell in Paris | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 25, 1964[1] | |||
Recorded | February 1963 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 49:21 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra | |||
Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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Bud Powell in Paris is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded in Paris for Reprise in February 1963 and released in 1964. [2]
The album was produced by Duke Ellington with financial support from Frank Sinatra. Powell played the tune " Satin Doll" by ear after Ellington sang it to him during the session. [3]
Alternates and outtakes from the session were released by Mythic Sound on Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63. [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [7] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [8] |
Scott Yanow | [9] |
In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn noted Powell's "uneven but often astonishing piano work," and wrote: "the vast majority of selections are performed with flair and conviction." [5]
Writer Ira Gitler commented: "this album stands far above the painful Victors and Verves of the 1954–1956 period and is more like early Powell than the Blue Notes of the late fifties." [10]
A writer for Billboard stated that Powell plays "smoothly and most brightly," and is "capable of conveying the subtlest of jazz moods." [11]
Trevor Tolley of Coda remarked: "On 'How High the Moon' there is plenty of dash, but the fingering is not good... The record pointed to a decided decline." [12]