Bud Powell - Bud Powell's Moods

Bud Powell — Bud Powell's Moods

Part of the Verve Vault Series

Mastered from the original analog tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound

180-gram vinyl pressed at Optimal in Germany

Bud Powell's Moods highlights the influential bebop pianist at a special time, becoming an exclusive artist for jazz impresario Norman Granz's Norgran and Verve labels. Excerpted from three sessions over a six-month period in 1954 and 1955 (with support from bassists George Duvivier, Percy Heath and Lloyd Trotman and drummers Art Taylor and Art Blakey), Powell's approach on ballads and standards such as "My Funny Valentine," "Moonlight in Vermont," "You Go to My Head" and "I Get a Kick Out of You" (plus originals "Buttercup" and "Fantasy in Blue") makes for a stirring reminder of why he was one of the most incisive jazz pianists of his generation.

The Verve Vault Series is all-analog, cut from the original master tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

Side A

1. Moonlight In Vermont

2. Spring Is Here

3. Buttercup

4. Fantasy In Blue

5. It Never Entered My Mind

6. A Foggy Day

Side B

1. Time Was

2. My Funny Valentine

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You

4. You Go To My Head

5. The Best

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