- Audio CD (July 31 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- ASIN: B000I2J0I8
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This CD contains four long tracks, averaging around 10 minutes each, recorded at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in December 1959. The legendary Bud Powell is at the piano for the first two and is then replaced by Walter Davis Junior. Lee Morgan's trumpet and Wayne Shorter's tenor, which constituted the front line of Blakey's Jazz Messengers at the time, are heard on each track and Barney Wilen, rather surprisingly on alto, sits in as Powell does on the first two tracks only. Powell has long solos on his own compositions, "Dance Of the Infidels" and "Bouncing With Bud" and it's a pleasure to hear him with Blakey's forceful drums since their paths rarely met in recording studios. Wilen, Morgan and Shorter all solo with the expected panache and the final "Night in Tunisia", taken at break-neck tempo, inevitably features the explosive Blakey in a solo which provides a fitting climax to what was clearly a very exciting occasion. --Graham Colombé
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A better album title: Bud Powell Meets the Messengers,
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This review is from: Paris Jam Session (Audio CD)
An important and exciting Paris meeting in which the great Bud Powell jammed with the likes of Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter Messengers. Highly recommended.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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a great performance,
By Wild Bill Jones - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Paris Jam Session (Audio CD)
This was a hot night in Paris for all concerned. Bud Powell does indeed play beautifully and with fire. It is very exciting to hear him with this great edition of the Messengers on his own tunes "Bouncing With Bud" and "Dance of the Infidels." He solos at length; anyone who loves Bud Powell should really pick this up without reservation. I would like to add to the other reviewers' comments that the other guest, French saxophonist Barney Wilen, was a rare and underrecognized talent, and his solos here on alto saxophone (instead of his customary tenor) are full of imagination, fire and individuality.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A better album title: Bud Powell Meets the Messengers,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Paris Jam Session (Audio CD)
An important and exciting Paris meeting in which the great Bud Powell jammed with the likes of Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter Messengers. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bud Steals the Show,
By Samuel Chell - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Paris Jam Session (Audio CD)
The audio mix is far from ideal, and the program is one of those loosely structured sessions that no doubt was a lot of fun for those on hand. For someone who already has a representative selection of Blakey sides from this period, the primary attraction is definitely the presence of Bud Powell. He plays beautifully on both of his turns (the two tracks with Walter Davis Jr. are mostly dismissable), executing with the legendary melodic invention and flowing precision that had begun to elude him about this time (1961). Moreover, the piano is recorded clear and true. Too bad there wasn't more of it.
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