The Amazing Bud Powell is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded on August 8, 1949, and May 1, 1951, and released on Blue Note in April 1952. In the first session, Powell performed in quintet with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes, and in trio with Potter and Haynes. In the second, Powell performed in trio with Curley Russell and Max Roach, and solo.
The album is rated highly within Powell's musical library, described by All About Jazz as "among the pianist's most important recordings"[5] and by The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jazz (in conjunction with volume two) as "a great introduction to this awesome pianist".[6] Jazz critic Scott Yanow characterized it in his book Jazz on Record as "full of essential music".[7] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings. - Wikipedia
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