Time Waits

Time Waits
Time Waits
	The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 4
Studio album by the Amazing Bud Powell
Released	1958
Recorded	May 24, 1958
Studio	Van Gelder Studio; Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Bebop
Label	Blue Note; BLP 1598
Producer	Alfred Lion
The Amazing Bud Powell chronology

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]

Background

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bud Powell

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Buster Rides Again"	5:30
2.	"Sub City"	4:32
3.	"Time Waits"	5:06
4.	"Marmalade"	4:28

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
9.	"John's Abbey" (alternate take)	2:25

Personnel

Musicians

Bud Powell – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Technical personnel

Original

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

Reissue

Michael Cuscuna – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – remastering
Bob Blumenthal – liner notes

References

^ Togashi, Nobuaki; Matsubayashi, Kohji; Hatta, Masayuki. "Bud Powell Discography (Blue Note BLP 1598)". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell - Bud Powell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
^ a b "Time Waits". Billboard. December 1, 1958. p. 28.
^ 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.

External links

Bud Powell at jazzdisco.org
Time Waits,... at BlueNote.com

[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.

[Billboard-3] "Time Waits". Billboard. December 1, 1958. p. 28.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 163. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

v t e Bud Powell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
As leader or co-leader	Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53) Jazz Giant/Piano Solos/Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50) The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51) The Genius of Bud Powell/Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51) Inner Fires (1953) The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953) Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956) Jazz Original/Bud Powell '57 (1954–55) The Lonely One... (1955) Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955) Blues in the Closet (1956) Strictly Powell (1956) Bud! (1957) Swingin' with Bud (1957) Bud Plays Bird (1957–58) Time Waits (1958) The Scene Changes (1958) Bud in Paris (1959–60) The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960) A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961) 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961) At the Golden Circle (1962) Bouncing with Bud (1962) Americans in Europe (split album, 1963) Bud Powell in Paris (1963) Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 (1961–64) The Invisible Cage (1964) Holidays in Edenville (1964) The Return of Bud Powell (1964) Award at Birdland, 64 (1964) Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
With others	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944) New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945) Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946) J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946) Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) One Night in Birdland (1950) Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953) Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960) Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
Compilations and box sets	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48) The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55) The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63) The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57) The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
Compositions	"Bouncing with Bud" (1946) "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949) "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951) "Un Poco Loco" (1951) "Glass Enclosure" (1953) "Mediocre" (1955) "Bud on Bach" (1957) "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
Related	Round Midnight (1986)