Time Waits, also known as The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4, is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bud Powell recorded at Van Gelder Studio on May 24, 1958 with rhythm section Sam Jones and Philly Joe Jones and released on Blue Note later that year.[1]

Time Waits
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedMay 24, 1958
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ
GenreBebop
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1598
ProducerAlfred Lion
The Amazing Bud Powell chronology
Swingin' with Bud
(1958)
Time Waits
(1958)
The Lonely One...
(1959)

Background

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Professional ratings
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AllMusic     [2]
Billboard    [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [5]

The title track, a version of the Mexican popular song "Duerme", was recorded by Powell in 1954 for Verve, and in 1956 for RCA, under its original English-language title "Time Was".

The album was remastered in 1999 by Rudy Van Gelder and re-issued as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series.

Reception

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Billboard praised the album, noting, "Bud Powell is still one of the best of the hard-playing pianists."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Bud Powell

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Buster Rides Again"5:30
2."Sub City"4:32
3."Time Waits"5:06
4."Marmalade"4:28
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Monopoly"4:47
2."John's Abbey"5:36
3."Dry Soul"6:41
4."Sub City" (alternate take)2:36
CD reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."John's Abbey" (alternate take)2:25

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical personnel

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Original

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Reissue

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References

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  1. ^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Blue Note BLP 1598)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Time Waits". Billboard. December 1, 1958. p. 28.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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