The Essen Jazz Festival Concert
1988 live album by Bud Powell and Coleman Hawkins
| The Essen Jazz Festival Concert | ||||
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| Live album by Bud Powell and Coleman Hawkins | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | April 2, 1960 | |||
| Venue | Essen, Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 51:14 | |||
| Label | Black Lion | |||
| Producer | Alan Bates | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The Essen Jazz Festival Concert is a live album by jazz pianist 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] Jazz critic Scott Yanow described Powell's performance as "top form" and described his trio as "all-star."[1]
Track listing
- "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
Personnel
Performance
- Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone (6–9)
- Bud Powell – piano
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
Production
- Erik Wiedemann – liner notes
- Alan Bates – producer
- Rick Simenson – design
- Chuck Stewart – photography, cover photo
References
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott (2023). "The Essen Jazz Festival Concert | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ Neff, Joseph (2018-03-27). "Graded on a Curve: Bud Powell, The Essen Jazz Festival Concert". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- v
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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.
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)
- The Invisible Cage (1964)
- Holidays in Edenville (1964)
- The Return of Bud Powell (1964)
- Award at Birdland, 64 (1964)
- Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
- 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)
and box sets
- Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48)
- The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55)
- The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63)
- The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57)
- The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
- "Bouncing with Bud" (1946)
- "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949)
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951)
- "Un Poco Loco" (1951)
- "Glass Enclosure" (1953)
- "Mediocre" (1955)
- "Bud on Bach" (1957)
- "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
- Round Midnight (1986)
