The Best of Bud Powell on Verve


The Best of Bud Powell on Verve is a selection of jazz pianist Bud Powell's recordings for Verve Records, released on August 23, 1994.
The similarly titled The Best of Bud Powell was released by Blue Note Records in 1989, and features tracks recorded from 1949 to 1963 on that label, with little overlap in song selection.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.
  1. "Lady Bird" – 4:44
  2. "Dance of the Infidels" – 2:16
  3. "So Sorry, Please" – 3:14
  4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" – 2:48
  5. "Willow Grove" – 4:27
  6. "Tempus Fugue-it" – 2:25
  7. "It Never Entered My Mind" – 2:56
  8. "Bean and the Boys" – 3:38
  9. "Celia" – 2:57
  10. "Tea for Two" – 3:46
  11. "Star Eyes" – 3:28
  12. "April in Paris" – 3:08
  13. "Tenderly" – 3:15
  14. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" – 2:59
  15. "Stairway to the Stars" – 4:58
  16. "Just One of Those Things" – 3:50
  17. "Parisian Thoroughfare" – 2:28

Personnel

Performance

Bud Powell plays piano on all tracks.
April 27, 1955, tracks 1, 11, 15. April 25, 1955, track 5.
January 13, 1955, track 2.
February 1950, tracks 3, 4, 12.
February 23, 1949, tracks 6, 10, 14.
June 4, 1954, track 7.
January 11, 1955, tracks 8, 13.
July 1, 1950, track 9.
''February, 1951, tracks 16–17 – Powell solos.''

Production