Inner Fires
1982 live album by Bud Powell
| Inner Fires | ||||
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| Live album by Bud Powell | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | April 5, 1953 | |||
| Venue | Club Kavakos, Washington D.C. | |||
| Genre | Bebop | |||
| Length | 46:06 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
Inner Fires is a live album by jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at Club Kavakos in 1953. Also appearing on the record were bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Roy Haynes. Some releases of the album include recordings of interviews with Powell from 1963, during his stay at the Bouffémount Sanatorium in France.
Reception
Jazz critic Scott Yanow praised the album, noting Powell's "consistently exciting form" and the "inspired and creative" musicianship throughout the album.[1] John Swenson of The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide gave it five stars, describing the music as "tumultuous".[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "compelling" and noted that Powell "plays out of his skin for most of the hour."[3]
Track listing
- "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41
- "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:47
- "Nice Work if You Can Get It" (Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:18
- "Salt Peanuts" (Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:06
- "Conception" (George Shearing) – 3:20
- "Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing, George David Weiss) – 1:49
- "Little Willie Leaps" (Miles Davis) – 7:06
- "Hallelujah!" (Clifford Grey, Leo Robin, Youmans) – 4:22
- "Lullaby of Birdland" (Shearing) – 2:44
- "Sure Thing" (Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 1:53
- "Woody 'n' You" (Gillespie) – 7:57
- Interviews – 4:50
Personnel
- Bud Powell – piano
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
References
- ^ a b Allmusic review
- ^ a b Swenson, J, ed. (1985). Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz. Penguin. p. 1244.
- v
- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
or co-leader
- Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53)
- Jazz Giant/Piano Solos/Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50)
- The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51)
- The Genius of Bud Powell/Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51)
- Inner Fires (1953)
- The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953)
- Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956)
- Jazz Original/Bud Powell '57 (1954–55)
- The Lonely One... (1955)
- Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955)
- Blues in the Closet (1956)
- Strictly Powell (1956)
- Bud! (1957)
- Swingin' with Bud (1957)
- Bud Plays Bird (1957–58)
- Time Waits (1958)
- The Scene Changes (1958)
- Bud in Paris (1959–60)
- The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960)
- A Portrait of Thelonious (1961)
- A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961)
- 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961)
- At the Golden Circle (1962)
- Bouncing with Bud (1962)
- Americans in Europe (split album, 1963)
- Bud Powell in Paris (1963)
- Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 (1961–64)
- The Invisible Cage (1964)
- Holidays in Edenville (1964)
- The Return of Bud Powell (1964)
- Award at Birdland, 64 (1964)
- Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
- Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944)
- New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945)
- Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946)
- J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946)
- Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50)
- One Night in Birdland (1950)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953)
- Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
- Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
and box sets
- Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48)
- The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55)
- The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63)
- The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57)
- The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
- "Bouncing with Bud" (1946)
- "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949)
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951)
- "Un Poco Loco" (1951)
- "Glass Enclosure" (1953)
- "Mediocre" (1955)
- "Bud on Bach" (1957)
- "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
- Round Midnight (1986)
