The amazing bebop piano genius Bud Powell made his most enduring recordings as a leader for Blue Note. Powell’s 1949 and 1951 quintet and trio sessions were compiled on the 12” LP The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (BLP 1503) in 1955 featuring the pianist with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Fats Navarro, Roy Haynes and Max Roach on bebop classics including ‘Un Poco Loco’ and ‘Bouncing with Bud’.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Tracklisting:

Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (1949–51) 

A1. Un Poco Loco (Alternate Take 1)
A2. Un Poco Loco (Alternate Take 2)
A3. Un Poco Loco
A4. Dance Of The Infidels
A5. 52nd Street Theme
A6. It Could Happen To You
B1. A Night In Tunisia (Alternate Take)
B2. A Night In Tunisia 
B3. Wail
B4. Ornithology
B5. Bouncin' With Bud
B6. Parisian Thoroughfare
Bud Powell (piano); Sonny Rollins (tenor sax); Fats Navarro (trumpet); Tommy Potter, Curly Russell (bass); Roy Haynes,  Max Roach (drums)