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The Genius of Bud Powell, originally titled Bud Powell’s Moods, is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1956 by Mercury / Clef, featuring two sessions that Powell recorded in 1950 and 1951.

The album was re-released on CD by Verve in 1992, with two additional takes of “Tea for Two”. The sessions also appear on The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1994) box set.

Track listing:
All songs were written by Bud Powell, except where noted.

“Tea for Two” [take 5] (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 3:28 (not on original LP)
“Tea for Two” [take 6] (Youmans, Caesar) – 4:13
“Tea for Two” [take 10] (Youmans, Caesar) – 3:47 (not on original LP)
“Hallelujah!” (Youmans, Leo Robin, Clifford Grey) – 2:59
“Parisian Thoroughfare” (a.k.a. “Parisienne Thorofare”) – 2:28
“Oblivion” – 2:28
“Dusk in Sandi” (a.k.a. “Dusky ‘n’ Sandy”) – 2:13
“Hallucinations” (a.k.a. “Budo”) – 2:25
“The Fruit” – 3:17
“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey, Eric Maschwitz) – 3:41
“Just One of Those Things” (Cole Porter) – 3:50
“The Last Time I Saw Paris” (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:18

Personnel:
July 1, 1950, New York, tracks 1–4.

Bud Powell – piano
Ray Brown – bass
Buddy Rich – drums

February 1951, New York, tracks 5–12.

Bud Powell – piano (solo)

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Released: 1956
Recorded: July 1, 1950, February 1951
Length 38:07
Label: Mercury / Clef
Producer: Norman Granz