The Genius of Bud Powell

• THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION

• 4 COMPLETE ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET EDITION

• 4-PANEL DIGIPACK

• 16-PAGE BOOKLET

• 10 OUTSTANDINGS PHOTOS

Bud Powell (1924-1966) was one of the true geniuses of modern jazz piano. Along with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and a few others, Powell changed the conception of jazz in the mid-1940s, with the arrival of bebop. He experienced serious health problems throughout his life, and was committed to a mental hospital from late 1951 to early 1953. After a brief and fruitful period in NParis, he came back to the United States, where alcohol abuse led to his untimely death. "The Genius of Bud Powell" (Verve Records MGV- 8115) finds the pianist still in full control of hisskills in a brilliant series of unaccompanied piano solos and trios. Three further complete Powell LPs, "Jazz Giant" (Verve Records MGV8153), "Piano Interpretations" (Verve Records MGV-8167) and "Blues in the Closet" (Verve NRecords MGV-8218), all of them recordedduring the same period for Norman Granz, have been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• BUD POWELL, piano on all tracks, plus:

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
• Ray Brown, Curly Russell, George Duvivier, bass;
• Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Art Taylor, Osie Johnson, drums.

Recorded in New York, between 1949 and 1956.

• CD 1 [1-10]: THE GENIUS OF BUD POWELL
• CD 1 [11-23]: JAZZ GIANT
• CD 2 [1-9]: PIANO INTERPRETETIONS BY BUD POWELL
• CD 2 [10-21]: BLUES IN THE CLOSET

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 71:07 Min.
• 01 Parisian Thoroughfare
• 02 Oblivion
• 03 Dusky ‘n’ Sandy
• 04 Hallucinations [Budo]
• 05 The Fruit
• 06 Tea for Two
• 07 Hallelujah
• 08 The Last Time I Saw Paris
• 09 Just One of Those Things
• 10 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• 11 Tempus Fugit
• 12 Celia
• 13 Cherokee
• 14 I’ll Keep Loving You
• 15 Strictly Confidential
• 16 All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
• 17 So Sorry Please
• 18 Get Happy
• 19 Sometimes I’m Happy
• 20 Sweet Georgia Brown
• 21 Yesterdays
• 22 April in Paris
• 23 Body and Soul

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 75:53 Min.
• 01 Conception
• 02 East of the Sun
• 03 Heart and Soul
• 04 Willow Groove
• 05 Crazy Rhythm
• 06 Willow Weep for Me
• 07 Bean and the Boys
• 08 Ladybird
• 09 Stairway to the Stars
• 10 When I Fall in Love
• 11 My Heart Stood Still
• 12 Blues in the Closet
• 13 Swingin’ ‘Til the Girls Come Home
• 14 I Know That You Know
• 15 Elegy [Elogie]
• 16 Woody ‘n’ You
• 17 I Should Care
• 18 Now Is the Time
• 19 I Didn’t Know What Time it Was
• 20 Be Bop
• 21 52nd Street Theme