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1988 live album by Bud Powell and Coleman Hawkins
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
The Essen Jazz Festival Concert Bud Powell and saxophone player Coleman Hawkins compiled from a live concert by the two artists, joined by Oscar Pettiford on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.[ 1]
The album was well received by critics, with Joseph Neff writing, "a safe bet that modern jazz fans will welcome this addition to their shelves" and giving the album an A-.[ 2] Scott Yanow described Powell's performance as "top form" and described his trio as "all-star."[ 1]
"Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown , Dizzy Gillespie , Charlie Parker ) – 4:46
"Blues in the Closet" (Harry Babasin , Oscar Pettiford ) – 5:53
"Willow Weep for Me " (Ann Ronnell ) – 4:27
"John's Abbey" (Powell) – 3:49
"Salt Peanuts " (Kenny Clarke , Gillespie) – 5:00
"All the Things You Are " (Jerome Kern , Oscar Hammerstein II ) – 6:51
"Just You, Just Me " (Jesse Greer , Raymond Klages) – 6:16
"Yesterdays " (Kern, Otto Harbach ) – 6:37
"Stuffy" (Hawkins) – 7:35 Erik Wiedemann – liner notes
Alan Bates – producer
Rick Simenson – design
Chuck Stewart – photography, cover photo
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
Bud Powell Trio Jazz Giant Piano Solos /Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)The Amazing Bud Powell The Genius of Bud Powell Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)Inner Fires The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 Bud Powell's Moods Jazz Original Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)The Lonely One... Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell Blues in the Closet Strictly Powell Bud! Swingin' with Bud Bud Plays Bird Time Waits The Scene Changes Bud in Paris The Essen Jazz Festival Concert A Portrait of Thelonious A Tribute to Cannonball Don Byas , 1961)'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note At the Golden Circle Bouncing with Bud Americans in Europe Bud Powell in Paris Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 Eternity The Invisible Cage Holidays in Edenville, 64 The Return of Bud Powell Award at Birdland, 64 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 Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson One Night in Birdland 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 Our Man in Paris Compilations Compositions Related
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