Bud Powell Birdland 1953

[Tom in RI]

Just saw that ESP has reissued these recordings. A review at Amazon states the performances were pitch corrected. Has anyone here heard this release? If so I'd like to hear what your thoughts are on it.

[jazzbo]

Hey Tom, previous discussions here.

I haven't done any comparisons to previous release yet, but I like it.

[mjzee]

I've just ordered it, waiting for it to arrive. Still unclear about the tapes' provenance. They say they were recorded by Boris Rose, and the recorder was inside Birdland. I thought all of Boris's recordings were made off the radio.

[jazzbo]

You know, even when these came out on Fresh Sounds on cd early on in the digital age, the claim was that these were recorded at the club. Seems/sounds possible to me.

[romualdo]

I've just ordered it, waiting for it to arrive. Still unclear about the tapes' provenance. They say they were recorded by Boris Rose, and the recorder was inside Birdland. I thought all of Boris's recordings were made off the radio.

Michael D Anderson discusses Boris in the recent ESP text "Always In Trouble" - hard to say whether he was at Birdland or listening to the radio?

Edited April 7, 2014 by romualdo

[Tom in RI]

Thanks guys. I had read the other thread but before the ESP reissue was mentioned. In any event, looks like I'll be re-buying this material.

[mjzee]

Just listened to disc 1. Track 14, Embraceable You, clearly shows radio static.

[Gheorghe]

As I remember the 1953 Birdland stuff, the february session is just incredible.

Another highlight are the tracks with Bird and Candido.

I think, that even on the last session from september 1953 Bud still had a lot to say, even if he had slowed down a bit. But the live versions of Un Poco Loco are very interesting as a comparation to the 1951 BN date.