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

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]

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]

Release history

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

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

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

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

Technical personnel

Original

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

Reissue

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

References

^ 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.

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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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