Bud Powell Trio

All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted. • "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 2:52 • "Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:44 • "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, B. G. De Sylva) – 2:56 • "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 3:00 • "Bud's Bubble" (based on "Little Benny" (Benny Harris)) – 2:34 • "Off Minor" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:21 • "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:17 • "Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 2:39 • "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:48 • "Burt Covers Bud" (based on "Bean and the Boys" (Coleman Hawkins)) – 3:05 • "My Heart Stood Still" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:15 • "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 2:38 • "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 2:12 • "My Devotion" (Roc Hillman, Johnny Napton) – 3:05 • "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) – 2:08 • "Woody'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:00 == Personnel ==

Performance • Bud Powell plays piano on all tracks. January 10, 1947, New York. Tracks 1–8. • Curly Russell – bass • Max Roach – drums September 1953, New York. Tracks 9–16. • George Duvivier – bass • Art Taylor – drums Production • Teddy Reig – producer • Burt Goldblatt – cover design • Brian Priestley – CD liner notes == Release history ==

The 1947 session was originally recorded for De Luxe Records but not released. Two years later Roost released the session in a series of four 78s: "Somebody Loves Me c/w Bud's Bubble" (Roost 509), "I'll Remember April c/w Off Minor" (Roost 513), "Indiana c/w Everything Happens to Me" (Roost 518), and "I Should Care c/w Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Roost 521), and released all 8 tracks as a 10" LP in 1951. The 1953 session was released directly as a 10" LP. Bud Powell Trio 10" LP (RLP 401) • "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin, MacDonald, De Sylva) – 2:56 • "Bud's Bubble" – 2:34 • "Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair) – 2:49 • "Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) – 2:44 • "I'll Remember April" (de Paul, Johnston, Raye) – 2:52 • "I Should Care" (Stordahl, Weston, Cahn) – 3:00 • "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:17 • "Off Minor" (Monk) – 2:21 Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 10" LP (RLP 412) • "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:15 • "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:48 • "Woody'n You" (Gillespie) – 3:00 • "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter) – 2:38 • "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) – 2:12 • "Stella by Starlight" (Young) – 2:08 • "Burt Covers Bud" – 3:05 • "My Devotion" (Hillman, Napton) – 3:05 == References ==