''The Scene Changes'', also known as ''The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5'', is a studio album by American

jazz pianist Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instru ...

Bud Powell Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie, Powell was a leading figure in the development of modern ...

recorded at the

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on December 29, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year. Powell is backed by rhythm section

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

and

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Release history

The album was digitally remastered in 2003 by

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Theloni ...

and re-issued as part of Blue Note's The RVG Edition series.

Reception

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'' noted, "Powell on these tracks is original, and he sounds secure in what he is playing. It is good to hear." 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 ''The Amazing Bud Powell'', also called ''The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1'', is an album by Jazz piano, jazz pianist Bud Powell, first released on Blue Note Records, Blue Note in April 1952, as a 10" vinyl. It is part of a loosely connected series ...

'' as his favorite albums of the series.

Track listing

''All compositions by Bud Powell.''

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

CD reissue bonus track

"Comin' Up" (alternate take) – 5:26

Personnel

Musicians

– piano *

– bass *

– drums

Technical personnel

Original

Alfred Lion Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading music ...

– producer *

– recording engineer, mastering *

Reid Miles Reid Miles (July 4, 1927 – February 2, 1993) was an American graphic designer and photographer best known for his work for Blue Note Records in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Reid Miles was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 4, 1927 but, fo ...

– design *

Francis Wolff Francis Wolff (April 5, 1907 – March 8, 1971) was a record company executive, photographer and record producer. Wolff's skills, as an executive and a photographer, were important contributions to the success of the Blue Note record label. Care ...

– photography * Leonard Feather – liner notes

Reissue

* Michael Cuscuna – producer *Gordan H. Jee – creative direction *Michael Boland – art direction and design *

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– liner notes

References

*Blue Note BLP 4009, Blue Note BST 84009, Blue Note 91897 (RvG edition)
BlueNote.com
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