The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Blue Note Records in 1954, featuring a session Powell recorded with George Duvivier on bass and Art Taylor on drums at the WOR Studios in New York, on August 14, 1953. It was remastered in 2001 by Rudy Van Gelder and reissued as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series. Prior to this, on all releases bar the first, the album also contained a number of tracks from sessions originally on "The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol . 1". The version of the album included on the second disc of "The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings", a 4 disc box set, is that from the first CD release in 1989. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings" included the album in its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings. Releases. The album was first released in 1954 as a 10" LP (BLP 5041), including eight master takes from the 1953 session, four of which were also released as 78 rpm singles: "I Want to Be Happy" c/w "The Glass Enclosure" (BN 1628), and "Sure Thing" c/w "Collard  Greens and Black-Eye Peas" (BN 1629). In May 1956, the album was re-issued as a 12" LP (BLP 1504) with four additional tracks. Said release initiated the mixing of the 1953 session with two sessions (from 1949 and 1951) originally on "The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1". The first digital remastering dates back to 1985, when the album was re-issued on vinyl and cassette, and kept the LP track listing. In 1989, the album was digitally remastered and released on CD with the tracks listed in session chronological order, leaving five tracks from the 1951 session on  the volume. In 2001, Rudy Van Gelder remastered the album from scratch, and the album was re-issued as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series. This release re-instated the volume as just containing the 1953 session (this time in full), moving all 1951 material back to "The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1", and adding "I've Got You Under My Skin", two alternate takes of "Autumn in New York", an alternate take of "Sure Thing" and an extra alternate take of "Reets and I". The track listing was changed to group the alternate takes after the master  takes. Track listing. "Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Bud Powell." "On Ornithology" and "You Go to My Head" Performers are: