''Blues in the Closet'' is a studio album by the jazz pianist

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. Released in 1958 by Verve, it contains a session that Powell recorded at Fine Sound Studios in New York in September 1956. The album was released as a CD replica by Verve (Japan) in 2006 (POCJ-2744). The sessions (with alternate takes) are also available on ''

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'' (1994) CD box set.

History

This session is the last that Powell recorded for Verve, and re-unites him with Ray Brown for the first time (in the studio at least) since the first Verve sessions back in 1949-50. Fittingly, it ends with "52nd Street Theme", the traditional closing number in the heyday of bebop in the nineteen-forties.

Track listing 12" LP (MGV 8218)

# " When I Fall in Love" ( Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 1:42 # " My Heart Stood Still" (

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) – 3:33 # "Blues in the Closet" (aka "Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas") ( Harry Babasin, Oscar Pettiford) – 3:04 # "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Pettiford) – 3:24 # "

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" ( Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell) – 2:26 # "Elegy" (aka "Elogie") – 3:00 # "

Woody 'n You "Woody 'n' You", is a 1942 jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie as an homage to Woody Herman. It was one of three arrangements Gillespie made for Herman's big band, although it was not used at the time; the other two were "Swing Shift" and "Dow ...

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) – 3:55 # " I Should Care" ( Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 3:42 # " Now's the Time" ( Charlie Parker) – 4:36 # " I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rodgers, Hart) – 4:02 # "Be-Bop" (Gillespie) – 2:27 # "

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" ( Thelonious Monk) – 2:24

Personnel

Performance

''September 23, 1956. Fine Sound Studios, New York.'' *

– piano * Ray Brown – double bass * Osie Johnson –

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Production

* Norman Granz –

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References

{{Authority control Bud Powell albums 1958 albums Albums produced by Norman Granz Verve Records albums