Live at the Blue Note Cafe, Paris 1961

by Bud Powell

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1.	Groovin' High 12:33	info	buy track
2.	Taking a Chance on Love 09:54	info	buy track
3.	Bud's Blues/52nd Street Theme 11:37	info	buy track
4.	There Will Never Be Another You 06:26	info	buy track
5.	Thelonious 03:48	info	buy track
6.	Round Midnight 06:02	info	buy track
7.	A Night in Tunisia 07:07	info	buy track
8.	Monk's Mood 03:57	info	buy track
9.	Shaw Nuff 04:11	info	buy track
10.	Lover Man 03:01	info	buy track
11.	52nd Street Theme 00:56	info	buy track

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Bud Powell was one of the major architects of bebop; his piano style became the template for most other bop pianists. But a head injury incurred during a police beating, combined with alcohol and drug abuse and poor medical treatment (including electroshock), made him mentally unstable and led to a deterioration in his playing. Eventually he moved to France to get away from the exacerbating conditions of New York. His later work has a bad reputation; the increasing unpredictability of his personality led to nights where he could barely perform, and tales of his erratic behavior spread. But he had his good nights too, and his later work cannot be uniformly dismissed.
The evenings documented on this album's material, which ESP licensed from his wife after his death, were two of his good nights, and not just because he's in the company of famed compatriots Zoot Sims (for half the album) and Kenny Clarke. For that matter, the less famous Pierre Michelot was one of the best French jazzers. They explore the nooks and crannies of bop standards and compositions of Powell's mentor, Thelonious Monk. Many players develop new styles in their later years, and Powell's changed playing - less flashy than in his youth - can easily be ascribed to that natural evolution rather than to anything traumatic. The lightness of touch, the humor (like Monk's) of these performances is fully enjoyable on its own terms, and disapprovingly holding it up to his early work for comparison makes no more sense in Powell's case than it does in Miles Davis'. This is superb jazz that requires no apologies.

This edition restores the original cover art.

Personnel
Bud Powell: piano
Pierre Michelot: bass
Kenny Clarke: drums
Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone

Credits
Front cover art: Francis Paudras; Engineer: Alan Douglas; Digital Restoration: Douglas McGregor; Digital Editing & liner notes: Steve Holtje

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"Live at the Blue Note Cafe, Paris 1961 shows the pianist in a comfortable setting in front of an appreciative crowd."- Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

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released January 1, 2014

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