Title: Burning in the USA (1953-1955) Artist: Bud Powell Release Date: 1953 Label: Mythic Sound Album Type(s): Greatest Hits Genre: Jazz Style: Bop Moods: Ambitious, Complex, Confident, Passionate, Playful, Rollicking, Searching, Sophisticated, Brash, Bright, Dramatic, Earnest, Earthy, Elaborate, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Literate, Lively, Quirky, Rambunctious, Uncompromising, Uplifting, Urgent, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Mythic Sound MS 6002

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The second of ten CDs of previously unknown and privately recorded Bud Powell performances released by his friend Francis Paudras has a variety of rewarding and fairly exciting renditions. Most of the selections (from 1953 and 1955) are with trios (often matching the pianist with bassist Oscar Pettiford and Art Blakey or Roy Haynes on drums) but there is a rare outing with a big band ("Big Band Blues") and two selections ("Woody'n You" and "Salt Peanuts") with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach that are listed as being recorded at the famous Massey Hall concert in 1953; the year is right but the location is probably wrong since that concert was fully documented by the Debut label. Bud Powell fanatics are advised to search for all ten of the Mythic Sound releases although more general listeners should pick and choose; this is not one of the most essential ones. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bud Powell Piano, Main Performer