The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at WOR Studios in New York on August 14, 1953 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section George Duvivier and Art Taylor.

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
Studio album by Bud Powell
Released	1954
Recorded	August 14, 1953
Studio	WOR, NYC
Genre	Bebop
Length	24:19 42:50 (RVG edition)
Label	Blue Note BLP 5041
Producer	Alfred Lion
Bud Powell chronology
Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1954) Jazz Original (1955)

Releases

Half of the original cuts were also released as 78 rpm singles: "I Want to Be Happy" c/w "The Glass Enclosure" (BN 1628), and "Sure Thing" c/w "Collard Greens and Black-Eye Peas (BN 1629).

Blue Note discontinued their 10" Modern Jazz late 1955. The following year, the label recompiled Powell's first three sessions as The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (1956; BLP 1503) and The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 2 (1956; BLP 1504). In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD with the tracks listed in session chronological order, leaving five tracks from the 1951 session on the second volume.

When Rudy Van Gelder remastered the pair of the 2001 RVG edition, he placed the first two sessions on Volume 1 and the third session on Volume 2, mirroring the original 10" release. Prior to this, on all releases bar the first, the album also contained a number of tracks from sessions originally on The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Bebop	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.^[5]

Track listing

Original release

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Autumn in New York"	Vernon Duke	2:54
2.	"Reets and I"	Benny Harris	3:22
3.	"Sure Thing"		2:39
4.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (aka "Blues in the Closet")	Oscar Pettiford	3:04

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	4:04
2.	"I Want to Be Happy"	Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar	2:53
3.	"Audrey"		2:58
4.	"Glass Enclosure" (aka "The Glass Enclosure")		2:25

All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

2001 RVG edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Autumn in New York"	Duke	2:54
2.	"Reets and I"	Harris	3:22
3.	"Sure Thing"		2:40
4.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas"	Pettiford	3:04
5.	"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"	Van Heusen, Burke	4:04
6.	"I Want to Be Happy"	Youmans, Caesar	2:53
7.	"Audrey"		2:58
8.	"Glass Enclosure"		2:25
9.	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	Cole Porter	2:37
10.	"Autumn in New York" (alternate take #1)		2:13
11.	"Autumn in New York" (alternate take #2)		2:58
12.	"Reets and I" (alternate take #1)		2:33
13.	"Reets and I" (alternate take #2)		3:13
14.	"Sure Thing" (alternate take)		2:45
15.	"Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" (alternate take)		2:11

Personnel

Musicians

• Bud Powell – piano
• George Duvivier – bass
• Art Taylor – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Doug Hawkins – recording engineer
• John Hermansader – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Backbeat. p. 62.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1177. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• Blue Note BLP 5041, BLP 1504
• Bud Powell at jazzdisco.org
• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 at

External links

• NPR Basic Jazz Record Library entry, with audio samples.