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1963 live jazz albums
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Americans in Europe is the title of two live albums by American jazz musicians recorded in West Germany in 1963 and released on the Impulse! label.[ 2] The two volumes were later reissued on a single CD in 1994 but with five tracks from Vol. 2 omitted.
The Allmusic review called the CD compilation "A fine bop-oriented set of music by a variety of mostly underrated players".[ 1]
Vol. 1:
"No Smokin' / Low Life" – 10:50
"I Can't Get Started " – 5:40
"Freeway / Pyramid" – 11:30
"'Round Midnight " – 7:15
Vol. 2:
"My Buddy Run Rabbits" – 4:33 Omitted from CD reissue
"Why Daughter How Are You" – 4:00 Omitted from CD reissue
"Rose Room" – 3:30 Omitted from CD reissue
"Wine, Whiskey and Gin Head Woman" – 6:20 Omitted from CD reissue
"Lots of Talk for You" – 2:50 Omitted from CD reissue
"All the Things You Are – 9:55
"I Remember Clifford " – 7:15
Vol. 1, Track 1: Kenny Clarke Trio
Vol. 1, Track 2: Idrees Sulieman Quartet
Vol. 1, Track 3: Bill Smith Quintet
Vol. 1, Track 4: Bud Powell Trio
Bud Powell – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Joe Harris – drums
Vol. 2, Tracks 1 & 2: The Traditional Americans in Europe
Vol. 2, Track 3: Albert Nicholas Quartet
Albert Nicholas – clarinet
Earle Howard – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Kansas Fields – drums
Vol. 2., Track 4: Champion Jack Dupree
Vol. 2., Track 5: Curtis Jones
Vol. 2, Tracks 6 & 7: Don Byas Quintet
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
As leader or co-leader
Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53)
Jazz Giant /Piano Solos /Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)
The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51)
The Genius of Bud Powell /Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)
Inner Fires (1953)
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953)
Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956)
Jazz Original /Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)
The Lonely One... (1955)
Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955)
Blues in the Closet (1956)
Strictly Powell (1956)
Bud! (1957)
Swingin' with Bud (1957)
Bud Plays Bird (1957–58)
Time Waits (1958)
The Scene Changes (1958)
Bud in Paris (1959–60)
The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960)
A Portrait of Thelonious (1961)
A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas , 1961)
'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961)
At the Golden Circle (1962)
Bouncing with Bud (1962)
Americans in Europe (split album, 1963)
Bud Powell in Paris (1963)
Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 (1961–64)
Eternity (1961–64)
The Invisible Cage (1964)
Holidays in Edenville, 64 (1964)
The Return of Bud Powell (1964)
Award at Birdland, 64 (1964)
Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
With others
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams , Classics , 1944)
New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow , 1945)
Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon , 1946)
J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946)
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
One Night in Birdland (1950)
Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie , Charlie Parker , Mingus, Max Roach , 1953)
Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus , 1960)
Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , 1959)
Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
Compilations and box sets Compositions Related
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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