Swingin' with Bud
{{Infobox album
| name = Swingin' with Bud
| type = studio
| artist = Bud Powell
| cover = Bud Powell - Swingin with Bud (album cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = February 11, 1957
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:21
| label = RCA Victor
| producer =
| prev_title = Blues in the Closet
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Time Waits
| next_year = 1958
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r145805 |title=Swingin' with Bud - Bud Powell | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=1 August 2011}}
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
}}
Swingin' with Bud is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1958 by RCA Victor, featuring a session Powell recorded in 1957.{{cite web |author=Togashi, Nobuaki |author2=Matsubayashi, Kohji |author3=Hatta, Masayuki |title=Bud Powell Catalog (RCA Victor LPM 1507)|url=http://www.jazzdisco.org/bud-powell/catalog/#rca-victor-lpm-1507 |publisher=jazzdisco.org |accessdate=2009-06-17 }}
The album was released on CD by RCA in 1995. The session is also available on The Complete RCA Trio Sessions.
Reception
Don Gold of DownBeat remarked, "Powell deserves better representation" and awarded the album 2.5 stars out of five.{{Cite magazine |last=Gold |first=Don |date=July 10, 1958 |title=Swingin' with Bud |magazine=DownBeat |pages=28, 29}}
Track listing
All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.
- "Another Dozen" (George Duvivier) – 3:30
- "'Almost Like Being In Love" – 4:59
- "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) – 2:24
- "She" (George Shearing) – 5:11
- "Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 3:19
- "Shaw 'Nuff" (Gillespie) – 3:18
- "Oblivion" – 2:34
- "In the Blue of the Evening" (Alfonso D'Artega, Tom Adair) – 3:27
- "Get It" – 3:08
- "Birdland Blues" – 4:22
- "Midway" – 3:09
Personnel
February 11, 1957, New York. The Bud Powell Trio.
=Performance=
=Production=
- Burt Goldblatt – cover design & photo
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