The Scene Changes

by Bud Powell

The Scene Changes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 19:05
  • Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Chambers, Art Taylor

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded on his final album for Blue Note, this session proves that Powell's genius for creating intricate, swinging, and lyrical music was still very much intact, featuring one of his most famous and beautiful compositions, 'Cleopatra's Dream'.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, classic, virtuosic, fast, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Cleopatra's Dream (4:22)
  2. Duid Deed (5:06)
  3. Down with It (3:58)
  4. Danceland (3:41)
  5. Borderick (1:58)

Credits

  • Bud Powell - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Reid Miles - design [cover]
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by [recording by]
  • Leonard Feather - liner notes
  • Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
  • Alfred Lion - producer

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