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The Amazing Bud Powell is a ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded on August 8, 1949, and May 1, 1951, and released on Blue Note in April 1952. In the first session, Powell performed in quintet with Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter and Roy Haynes, and in trio with Potter and Haynes.

Track listing:
Original release
All tracks are written by Bud Powell, except as noted.

Side 1
1. “Un Poco Loco” May 1, 1951 4:42
2. “Over the Rainbow”
Harold ArlenE.Y. “Yip” Harburg
May 1, 1951 2:55
3. “Ornithology”
Benny HarrisCharlie Parker
August 8, 1949 2:20
4. “Wail” August 8, 1949 3:02
Side 2
1. “A Night in Tunisia”
Dizzy GillespieFrank Paparelli
May 1, 1951 4:12
2. “It Could Happen to You”
Johnny BurkeJimmy Van Heusen
May 1, 1951 3:12
3. “You Go to My Head”
J. Fred CootsHaven Gillespie
August 8, 1949 3:11
4. “Bouncing with Bud”
Gil FullerPowell
August 8, 1949 3:01

Personel:
August 8, 1949
Bud Powell – piano
Fats Navarro – trumpet (except “You Go to My Head”, “Ornithology”)
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone (except “You Go to My Head”, “Ornithology”)
Tommy Potter – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

May 1, 1951
Bud Powell – piano
Curley Russell – bass (except “Over the Rainbow”, “It Could Happen to You”)
Max Roach – drums (except “Over the Rainbow”, “It Could Happen to You”)

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Released: April 1952
Recorded: August 8, 1949May 1, 1951
Studio: WOR, NYC
Length: 27:07
Label: Blue Note
BLP 5003
Producer: Alfred Lion