The Scene Changes (Bud Powell album)

The Scene Changes
The Scene Changes
	The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5
Studio album by the Amazing Bud Powell
Released	1959
Recorded	December 29, 1958
Genre	Bebop, hard bop
Length	44:53
Label	Blue Note; BLP 4009
Producer	Alfred Lion
Bud Powell chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
DownBeat	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
All About Jazz	^[5]

The Scene Changes, also known as The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5, is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on December 29, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.^[6]

Release history[edit]

The album was digitally remastered in 2003 by Rudy Van Gelder and re-issued as part of Blue Note's The RVG Edition series.

Reception[edit]

DownBeat noted, "Powell on these tracks is original, and he sounds secure in what he is playing. It is good to hear."^[2] Marc Davis of All About Jazz described "Crossin' the Channel" as the album's "standout," calling it "a breathless barn burner that harkens back to the early hyper-speedy days of bebop." Davis praised the album as a whole, calling it "awfully good" but highlighting Vol.'s 1 and 2 of The Amazing Bud Powell as his favorite albums of the series.^[6]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Bud Powell.

Side 1[edit]

"Cleopatra's Dream" – 4:22
"Duid Deed" – 5:06
"Down with It" – 3:58
"Danceland" – 3:41
"Borderick" – 1:58

Side 2[edit]

"Crossin' the Channel" – 3:28
"Comin' Up" – 7:54
"Gettin' There" – 5:01
"The Scene Changes" – 3:59

CD reissue bonus track[edit]

"Comin' Up" (alternate take) – 5:26

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Bud Powell – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums

Technical personnel[edit]

Original[edit]

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

Reissue[edit]

Michael Cuscuna – producer
Gordan H. Jee – creative direction
Michael Boland – art direction and design
Bob Blumenthal – liner notes

References[edit]

^ Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. (2011). "The Scene Changes (The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5) [Bonus Track] - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The Scene Changes". DownBeat. October 29, 1959. p. 25.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Jazz, All About (2017-04-04). "Bud Powell: Bud Powell: The Scene Changes - 1958 album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
^ ^a ^b Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Blue Note BLP 4009)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.

Blue Note BLP 4009, Blue Note BST 84009, Blue Note 91897 (RvG edition)
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[1] Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. (2011). "The Scene Changes (The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5) [Bonus Track] - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.

[DownBeat-2] "The Scene Changes". DownBeat. October 29, 1959. p. 25.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[5] Jazz, All About (2017-04-04). "Bud Powell: Bud Powell: The Scene Changes - 1958 album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2024-04-25.

[AllAboutJazz-6] Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Blue Note BLP 4009)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.

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v t e Bud Powell
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 (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)
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 and the Jazz Messengers, 1959) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
Compilations 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)
Compositions	"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)
Related	Round Midnight (1986)