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Bouncing with Bud (also known as Bebop in Pastel) is a 1946 jazz standard by American pianist Bud Powell and Gil Fuller, which features the saxophone of Sonny Stitt and the trumpet of Kenny Dorham. It was originally recorded on 23 August 1946 as "Bebop in Pastel".

Composition

In the key of B-flat major, the tune is a "nonblues theme whose form is A-A'-B-A' with an eight-bar interlude that is not played during the solos." The introduction consists of an ascending line that modulates between two chords, Bbmaj7#11 and B7b5 before resolving to Bb through the use of a tritone substitution.

Notable performances

Powell played the theme under the debut title "Bouncing with Bud" on August 9, 1949 for Blue Note Records with Sonny Rollins, Fats Navarro, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes, for a recording which is often wrongly thought to be the original. The same recording session included two alternate takes of the tune that were later released as well. He recorded a trio version as the title tune of his 1962 Delmark album Bouncing with Bud.

Numerous other artists have covered it, including Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd for Prestige Records, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers on Paris Jam Session with Bud on piano, Charles McPherson for his Live in Tokyo (1976) and pianist Keith Jarrett as the opening track for his 1999 live album Whisper Not.

References

1. Harrison, Max; Fox, Charles; Thacker, Eric; Stuart Nicholson (2000). The Essential Jazz Records: Modernism to postmodernism. Continuum. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7201-1822-3.
2. Ramsey, Guthrie P. (2013). The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop. University of California Press. p. 173–177. ISBN 978-0-520-24391-0.
3. Ramsey, Guthrie P. (2013). The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop. University of California Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-520-24391-0.
4. Hinz, Bob. Bud Powell Real Book. Hal Leonard. pp. 10–11.
5. Keyboard. GPI Publications. 1983. p. 25.
6. Oliphant, Dave (1996). Texan Jazz. University of Texas Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-292-76045-5.
7. "Bud Powell Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
8. "Bouncing with Bud [Storyville] - Bud Powell, Bud Powell Trio | Release Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-18.

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