At the Golden Circle
At the Golden Circle | ||||
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![]() Vol. 1 of the album's 5 volumes | ||||
Live album by Bud Powell | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | April 19 & 23, 1962 | |||
Venue | The Golden Circle, Stockholm | |||
Genre | Jazz, bebop | |||
Length | 194:32 | |||
Label | SteepleChase | |||
Bud Powell chronology | ||||
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At the Golden Circle is a live album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, bassist Torbjorn Hultcrantz, and drummer Sune Spångberg. Recorded at the Golden Circle jazz club in Stockholm on two nights,[1][2] it was released as a five-volume set by SteepleChase. SteepleChase condensed the album into two volumes in a later release as Swedish Pastry.[3]
Critical reception
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Scott Yanow addressed each of the volumes individually, but assigned them all three stars.[4] He noted, "The entire series is worth picking up by listeners who enjoy bop-based piano"[5] and praised the music while criticizing the length of the album.[1][6] Richard Cook in The Penguin Guide to Jazz sharply criticized the number of volumes, claiming "Volume 5 is probably a disc too far."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Bud Powell unless otherwise indicated
Vol. 1
- "Move" (Denzil Best) – 6:31
- "Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) – 1:16
- "Relaxin' at Camarillo" (Charlie Parker) – 9:08
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 8:44
- "Reets and I" (Benny Harris) – 1:47
- "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:46
Vol. 2
- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 8:17
- "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 7:25
- "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 5:52
- "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 15:21
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:25
Vol. 3
- "Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 18:26
- "I Remember Clifford" (Golson) – 9:09
- "I Hear Music" (Lane, Loesser) – 7:08
Vol. 4
- "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 6:31
- "Star Eyes" (DePaul, Raye) – 7:59
- "Blues in the Closet" (Pettiford) – 7:45
- "Reets and I" (Harris) – 8:52
- "John's Abbey" – 7:45
- "Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Lane) – 6:28
Vol. 5
- "Hot House" (Tadd Dameron) – 7:54
- "This Is No Laughin' Matter" (Buddy Kaye) – 8:32
- "52nd Street Theme" (Monk) – 4:07
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 20:00
- Closing remarks – 0:35
Personnel
- Bud Powell – piano, vocals (vol. 5, track 2)
- Torbjorn Hultcrantz – bass
- Sune Spångberg – drums
References
- ^ a b Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 3 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-22
- ^ Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 4 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-22
- ^ a b c Cook, Richard (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (8th ed.). Penguin. pp. 1078–9.
- ^ a b "Bud Powell Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 2 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-22
- ^ Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 5 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-22
- v
- t
- e
or co-leader
- Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53)
- Jazz Giant/Piano Solos/Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)
- The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51)
- The Genius of Bud Powell/Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)
- Inner Fires (1953)
- The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953)
- Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956)
- Jazz Original/Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)
- The Lonely One... (1955)
- Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955)
- Blues in the Closet (1956)
- Strictly Powell (1956)
- Bud! (1957)
- Swingin' with Bud (1957)
- Bud Plays Bird (1957–58)
- Time Waits (1958)
- The Scene Changes (1958)
- Bud in Paris (1959–60)
- The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960)
- A Portrait of Thelonious (1961)
- A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961)
- 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961)
- At the Golden Circle (1962)
- Bouncing with Bud (1962)
- Americans in Europe (split album, 1963)
- Bud Powell in Paris (1963)
- Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 (1961–64)
- The Invisible Cage (1964)
- Holidays in Edenville (1964)
- The Return of Bud Powell (1964)
- Award at Birdland, 64 (1964)
- Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
- Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944)
- New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945)
- Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946)
- J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946)
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- One Night in Birdland (1950)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953)
- Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
- Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
and box sets
- Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48)
- The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55)
- The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63)
- The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57)
- The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
- "Bouncing with Bud" (1946)
- "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949)
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951)
- "Un Poco Loco" (1951)
- "Glass Enclosure" (1953)
- "Mediocre" (1955)
- "Bud on Bach" (1957)
- "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
- Round Midnight (1986)