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The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2

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The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
Studio album by
Released1954
RecordedAugust 14, 1953
StudioWOR, NYC
GenreBebop
Length24:19
42:50 (RVG edition)
LabelBlue Note
BLP 5041
ProducerAlfred Lion
Bud Powell chronology
Jazz at Massey Hall
(1953)
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
(1954)
Jazz Original
(1955)

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at WOR Studios in New York on August 14, 1953 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section George Duvivier and Art Taylor.

Releases

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Half of the original cuts were also released as 78 rpm singles: "I Want to Be Happy" c/w "The Glass Enclosure" (BN 1628), and "Sure Thing" c/w "Collard Greens and Black-Eye Peas (BN 1629).

Blue Note discontinued their 10" Modern Jazz late 1955. The following year, the label recompiled Powell's first three sessions as The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (1956; BLP 1503) and The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2 (1956; BLP 1504). In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD with the tracks listed in session chronological order, leaving five tracks from the 1951 session on the second volume.

When Rudy Van Gelder remastered the pair of the 2001 RVG edition, he placed the first two sessions on Volume 1 and the third session on Volume 2, mirroring the original 10" release. Prior to this, on all releases bar the first, the album also contained a number of tracks from sessions originally on The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Bebop[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.[5]

Track listing

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Original release

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All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Autumn in New York"Vernon Duke2:54
2."Reets and I"Benny Harris3:22
3."Sure Thing" 2:39
4."Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (aka "Blues in the Closet")Oscar Pettiford3:04
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Polka Dots and Moonbeams"Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke4:04
2."I Want to Be Happy"Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar2:53
3."Audrey" 2:58
4."Glass Enclosure" (aka "The Glass Enclosure") 2:25

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

2001 RVG edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Autumn in New York"Duke2:54
2."Reets and I"Harris3:22
3."Sure Thing" 2:40
4."Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas"Pettiford3:04
5."Polka Dots and Moonbeams"Van Heusen, Burke4:04
6."I Want to Be Happy"Youmans, Caesar2:53
7."Audrey" 2:58
8."Glass Enclosure" 2:25
9."I've Got You Under My Skin"Cole Porter2:37
10."Autumn in New York" (alternate take #1) 2:13
11."Autumn in New York" (alternate take #2) 2:58
12."Reets and I" (alternate take #1) 2:33
13."Reets and I" (alternate take #2) 3:13
14."Sure Thing" (alternate take) 2:45
15."Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take) 2:11

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Backbeat. p. 62.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1177. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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