The story behind this session is one for the ages. Powell, involuntarily incarcerated in a state hospital for most of the past 15 months, begged for a day's leave so he could be rushed to the studio, make this recording and be returned in time for dinner. Weeks before the session, he was given permission to practice on the psych ward's piano under one condition: He had to perform a Minstrel Show benefit concert for the institution.
This was Powell's greatest studio performance in a trio. It's a terrific example of how a jazz idea, conceived without strict architecture or an ending, took shape only by the parallel creative urges of Powell and drummer Max Roach, who ought to have been credited as co-composer.
This was the first take, of three, from the session. This late-'50s gem unfortunately hasn't yet entered the bebop canon.
Powell's flair for virtuosic melodic runs had calmed a bit by then, but the tune displayed a late flowering of his writing genius. Powell's erratic behavior often tested the patience of New York's nightclub owners. When those gigs dried up, he found refuge at the Blue Note in Paris in , where he drew full houses for two years.
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