Bud Powell

Bud Powell Album Reviews

Find album reviews for jazz artist Bud Powell.

Discography

• Piano Solos (1950) A-
• Piano Solos #2 (1950) A
• The Amazing Bud Powell (1952) A
• Jazz at Massey Hall (1953, with The Quintet) A
• The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (1954) A-
• Bud Powell’s Moods (1956) A-
• Piano Interpretations (1956) B+
• Strictly Powell (1957) B
  • By 1957, Bud Powell’s days as a trailblazing innovator were long past. Nevertheless, it’s always a pleasure to hear him hammer away at the keys.

• The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3 – Bud! (1957) B
  • The highlight is “Bud on Bach,” a lightning-fast baroque solo piece that recalls Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations. But when a classical piece is the highlight of a jazz album, you can’t expect much.

Accolades

• Greatest Albums of the 1950s — #54
• Top 10 Albums of 1950 — #3 & #9