A Portrait of Thelonious
A Portrait of Thelonious | ||||
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Studio album by Bud Powell | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | December 17, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:04 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Cannonball Adderley | |||
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A Portrait of Thelonious is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Columbia in 1965, featuring a session recorded at Studio Charlot in Paris on December 17, 1961, with Pierre Michelot on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.[4] The session was the second of two produced by Cannonball Adderley with Powell, following the A Tribute to Cannonball session recorded two days earlier.
The album was digitally remastered and re-released on CD in 1997 with one additional take and without the fake applause added to the original LP.
History
The album features four Monk compositions, only one of which had previously been recorded by Powell, and the album fittingly begins with this: "Off Minor", a song that Powell included in his first session as leader (see Bud Powell Trio), recorded in January 1947 – its first ever recording, since Monk himself only recorded it in October the same year (see Genius of Modern Music).
Reception
Don Nelson of DownBeat sharply criticized "Ruby, My Dear," which had previously been released on a compilation album; he described it as "unrepresentative of a giant." He noted that a previous DownBeat review of the compilation had come to a similar conclusion and had discouraged release of the full album. However, Nelson praised the album's other tracks, particularly those with a faster tempo, such as "Foolin'," "Thelonious," and "There Will Never Be Another You."[2]
Track listing
All songs were written by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
- "Off Minor" – 5:20
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:17
- "Ruby, My Dear" – 5:46
- "No Name Blues" (Earl Bostic) – 6:38
- "Thelonious" – 3:46
- "Monk's Mood" – 7:06
- "I Ain't Fooling" (Charles Albertine) – 3:19
- "Squatty" (Brian Fahey) – 5:48
- "Squatty" [unissued alternate] (Fahey) – 5:04 (not on original LP)
Personnel
Performance
Production
- Cannonball Adderley – producer
- Orrin Keepnews – liner notes, reissue producer
- Nica de Koenigswarter – cover art
- Dan Morgenstern – liner notes (original LP)
- Mark Wilder – remastering
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "A Portrait of Thelonious - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ^ a b Nelson, Don (July 1, 1965). "A Portrait of Thelonious". DownBeat. pp. 42, 44.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Columbia CL 2292)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
- v
- t
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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)
- Eternity (1961–64)
- The Invisible Cage (1964)
- Holidays in Edenville, 64 (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)