Lossless Album - CD Box Set

In April of '62 the Gyllende Cirklen, elsewhere known as the Golden Circle, opened up in Stockholm and one of the first performers was Bud Powell. Bud was an expatriate at this point in his life, and was dealing daily with the mental problems that had beset him in varying degrees for much of his adult life. He was, naturally, lionized by the knowing European jazz community and was booked for later in the year as well; a September date that was, like the April residence, extended beyonfd the original contract.

A young fan named Jan Forsby brought, on both occasions, a tape recorder which was placed under the piano, and initially much of that material was released on a series of 5 CDs. Some years ago the fan - who was by now Dr. Forsby - mentioned that he had an additional number of tapes, and those comprise the present 3 CD set; material that has been selected from the new cache and that has not appeared on the earlier series.

So, what do we have? Given that anything we have of Bud from this period is of radio or club performance - with the unusual exception of a studio session done for the Sonet label - we have a solid few hours of Bud Powell performing in a supportive setting and performing his repertoire in several versions and in lengths of up to 14 minutes: there's a lot to get lost in. Bud was in the occasional habit of finishing a tune and then calling it again right away. Why? We can only guess and maybe even he didn't know, but the point is that we get to see Bud holding up an object and looking at it various ways. Considering the fact that every newly discovered tape of, say, Coltrane farting in the shower is heralded as a major discovery, we can be grateful for these unsophisticated tapes of a man that slipped in and out of conventional lucidity. But what matter for lucidity? The man was Bud Powell.


Bud Powell (piano)
Torbjorn Hultcrantz (bass)
Sune Spangberg (drums)

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. I Hear Music
2. Relaxin' At Camarillo
3. It Could Happen To You
4. 52nd Street Theme
5. Blues In The Closet
6. Best Thing For You
7. I Should Care
8. 52nd Street Theme
9. Off Minor
10. Polkadots And Moonbeams
11. Buttercup
12. Epistophy
13. Confirmation

CD 2
1. Moose The Mooche
2. If You Were Here
3. I Hear Music
4. Best Thing For You Is Me
5. Best Thing For You Is Me
6. Blues In The Closet
7. That Old Devil Moon
8. Straight No Chaser
9. Like Someone In Love
10. Confirmation

CD 3
1. Relaxin' At Camarillo
2. Conception
3. I Should Care
4. I Hear Music
5. Dance Of The Infidels
6. Swedish Pastry
7. Reets And I
8. Buttercup
9. Groovin' High
10. 52nd Street Theme
11. Blues In The Closet