| Bud Powell in Paris | ||||
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| Released | January 25, 1964[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 1963 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 49:21 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra | |||
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Bud Powell in Paris is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded in Paris for Reprise in February 1963 and released in 1964.[2]
The album was produced by Duke Ellington with financial support from Frank Sinatra. Powell played the tune "Satin Doll" by ear after Ellington sang it to him during the session.[3]
Alternates and outtakes from the session were released by Mythic Sound on Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63.[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [7] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [8] |
| Scott Yanow | [9] |
In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn noted Powell's "uneven but often astonishing piano work," and wrote: "the vast majority of selections are performed with flair and conviction."[5]
Writer Ira Gitler commented: "this album stands far above the painful Victors and Verves of the 1954–1956 period and is more like early Powell than the Blue Notes of the late fifties."[10]
A writer for Billboard stated that Powell plays "smoothly and most brightly," and is "capable of conveying the subtlest of jazz moods."[11]
Trevor Tolley of Coda remarked: "On 'How High the Moon' there is plenty of dash, but the fingering is not good... The record pointed to a decided decline."[12]
