Jazz
This CD reissue is one of the most rewarding Bud Powell recordings to come from his period in France. Powell (along with bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Kenny Clarke) explores four of Thelonious Monk's tunes, Earl Bostic's "No Name Blues" and the standard "There Will Never Be Another You" but it is the final two numbers ("I Ain't Foolin'" and "Squatty") which really find the bop master at his most spirited and swinging. This very rewarding CD releases for the first time the alternate take (a faster rendition without a clear melody) of "Squatty," a song that (based on its original version) deserves to be revived. One oddity: the applause heard throughout this release was added on later because this was actually a studio album.
By Scott Yanow. AMG.
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I bought this record twenty years ago on the tip of a friend.
When I went all-CD and mothballed my vinyl, this record was an unfortunate casualty. So it was with great joy that I finally got around to re-buying Tribute To Thelonious on CD.
This is simple, strightforward, powerful be-bop. It's only a trio, bass, drums, piano, but Bud's flying, syncopated fingers fill the space. While playing the tinkling and swinging melodies on the top end, his punching left hand motivates the music from below.
I buy a lot of jazz, and this is one of my top ten all time favorites. Buy it now and you'll be happy for the rest of your life.
By Steven Falk.
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Bud Powell- Piano
Pierre Michelot- Double Bass
Kenny Clarke- Drums.
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01. Off Minor (Thelonious Monk) 5:21
02. There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren) 4:20
03. Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk) 5:49
04. No Name Blues (Earl Bostic) 6:39
05. Thelonious (Thelonious Monk) 3:48
06. Monk's Mood (Thelonious Monk) 7:08
07. I Ain't Foolin' (Charles Albertine) 3:21
08. Squatty (Brian Fahey) 5:50
09. Squatty (Alternate Take) (Brian Fahey) 5:06
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