1978 live album by Bud Powell
At the Golden Circle is a live album by jazz pianistBud Powell , bassist Torbjorn Hultcrantz, and drummer Sune Spångberg. Recorded at the Golden Circle jazz club inStockholm on two nights,[ 1] [ 2] it was released as a five-volume set bySteepleChase . SteepleChase condensed the album into two volumes in a later release asSwedish Pastry .[ 3]
Scott Yanow addressed each of the volumes individually, but assigned them all three stars.[ 4] He noted, "The entire series is worth picking up by listeners who enjoy bop-based piano"[ 5] and praised the music while criticizing the length of the album.[ 1] [ 6] Richard Cook inThe Penguin Guide to Jazz sharply criticized the number of volumes, claiming "Volume 5 is probably a disc too far."[ 3]
All compositions by Bud Powell unless otherwise indicated
"Move" (Denzil Best ) – 6:31 "Just a Gigolo " (Julius Brammer ,Irving Caesar ,Leonello Casucci ) – 1:16 "Relaxin' at Camarillo " (Charlie Parker ) – 9:08 "I Remember Clifford " (Benny Golson ) – 8:44 "Reets and I" (Benny Harris ) – 1:47 "Hackensack" (Thelonious Monk ) – 5:46 "Like Someone in Love " (Johnny Burke ,Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 8:17 "I Hear Music " (Burton Lane ,Frank Loesser ) – 7:25 "Moose the Mooche " (Parker) – 5:52 "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford ) – 15:21 "Star Eyes " (Gene de Paul ,Don Raye ) – 3:25 "Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel ) – 18:26 "I Remember Clifford" (Golson) – 9:09 "I Hear Music" (Lane, Loesser) – 7:08 "Moose the Mooche" (Parker) – 6:31 "Star Eyes" (DePaul, Raye) – 7:59 "Blues in the Closet" (Pettiford) – 7:45 "Reets and I" (Harris) – 8:52 "John's Abbey" – 7:45 "Old Devil Moon " (Yip Harburg , Lane) – 6:28 "Hot House " (Tadd Dameron ) – 7:54 "This Is No Laughin' Matter" (Buddy Kaye ) – 8:32 "52nd Street Theme" (Monk) – 4:07 "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 20:00 Closing remarks – 0:35 Bud Powell – piano, vocals (vol. 5, track 2)Torbjorn Hultcrantz – bass Sune Spångberg – drums ^a b Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 3 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved2023-12-22 ^ Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 4 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved2023-12-22 ^a b c Cook, Richard (2006).The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (8th ed.). Penguin. pp. 1078– 9. ^a b "Bud Powell Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More" .AllMusic . Retrieved2023-12-22 .^ Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 2 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved2023-12-22 ^ Bud Powell - At the Golden Circle, Vol. 5 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved2023-12-22
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.
As leader 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 (andDon 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)Eternity (1961–64)The Invisible Cage (1964)Holidays in Edenville, 64 (1964)The Return of Bud Powell (1964)Award at Birdland, 64 (1964)Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965) With others 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 andthe Jazz Messengers , 1959)Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)Compilations and box sets Compositions Related