Americans in Europe

1963 live jazz albums

Americans in Europe

Live album by Kenny Clarke / Idrees Sulieman / Bill Smith / Bud Powell / Albert Nicholas / Champion Jack Dupree / Curtis Jones / Don Byas
Released	1963
Recorded	January 3, 1963 Koblenz, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:38
Label	Impulse! AS 36 and AS 37
Producer	Joachim Ernst Berendt

Vol. 2 Cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Americans in Europe is the title of two live albums by American jazz musicians recorded in West Germany in 1963 and released on the Impulse! label.^[2] The two volumes were later reissued on a single CD in 1994 but with five tracks from Vol. 2 omitted.

Reception

The Allmusic review called the CD compilation "A fine bop-oriented set of music by a variety of mostly underrated players".^[1]

Track listing

Vol. 1:

"No Smokin' / Low Life" – 10:50
"I Can't Get Started" – 5:40
"Freeway / Pyramid" – 11:30
"'Round Midnight" – 7:15

Vol. 2:

"My Buddy Run Rabbits" – 4:33 Omitted from CD reissue
"Why Daughter How Are You" – 4:00 Omitted from CD reissue
"Rose Room" – 3:30 Omitted from CD reissue
"Wine, Whiskey and Gin Head Woman" – 6:20 Omitted from CD reissue
"Lots of Talk for You" – 2:50 Omitted from CD reissue
"All the Things You Are – 9:55
"I Remember Clifford" – 7:15

Personnel

Vol. 1, Track 1: Kenny Clarke Trio

Kenny Clarke – drums
Jimmy Gourley – guitar
Lou Bennett – organ

Vol. 1, Track 2: Idrees Sulieman Quartet

Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
Bud Powell – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Joe Harris – drums

Vol. 1, Track 3: Bill Smith Quintet

Bill Smith – clarinet
Herb Geller – alto saxophone
Jimmy Gourley – guitar
Bob Carter – bass
Joe Harris – drums

Vol. 1, Track 4: Bud Powell Trio

Bud Powell – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Joe Harris – drums

Vol. 2, Tracks 1 & 2: The Traditional Americans in Europe

Nelson Williams, Peanuts Holland – trumpet
Albert Nicholas – clarinet
Earle Howard – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Kansas Fields – drums

Vol. 2, Track 3: Albert Nicholas Quartet

Albert Nicholas – clarinet
Earle Howard – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Kansas Fields – drums

Vol. 2., Track 4: Champion Jack Dupree

Champion Jack Dupree – piano, vocals
Bob Carter – bass

Vol. 2., Track 5: Curtis Jones

Curtis Jones – piano, vocals
Bob Carter – bass

Vol. 2, Tracks 6 & 7: Don Byas Quintet

Don Byas – tenor saxophone
Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
Bud Powell – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Joe Harris – drums

References

^ ^a ^b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed May 17, 2012
^ Impulse! Records discography accessed May 17, 2012

Kenny Clarke

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums

Telefunken Blues (1955)
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (with Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Bohemia After Dark (1955)
Klook's Clique (1956)
The Golden 8 (with Francy Boland, 1961)
Pieces of Time (with Andrew Cyrille, Milford Graves, and Famoudou Don Moye, 1983)

Live albums

Americans in Europe Vol. 1 (with Idrees Sulieman, Bill Smith, Bud Powell, Albert Nicholas, Champion Jack Dupree, Curtis Jones, and Don Byas, 1963)

v t e Bud Powell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Because Powell's discography features albums with the same title, record labels are identified to avoid any confusion.
As leader or co-leader	Bud Powell Trio (Roost, 1947–53) Jazz Giant/Piano Solos/Piano Solos, No.2 (1949–50) The Amazing Bud Powell (1949–51) The Genius of Bud Powell/Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury/Verve, 1950–51) Inner Fires (1953) The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1953) Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran/Verve, 1956) Jazz Original/Bud Powell '57 (1954–55) The Lonely One... (1955) Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (1955) Blues in the Closet (1956) Strictly Powell (1956) Bud! (1957) Swingin' with Bud (1957) Bud Plays Bird (1957–58) Time Waits (1958) The Scene Changes (1958) Bud in Paris (1959–60) The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (1960) A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961) 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (1961) At the Golden Circle (1962) Bouncing with Bud (1962) Americans in Europe (split album, 1963) Bud Powell in Paris (1963) Relaxin' at Home, 61–64 (1961–64) The Invisible Cage (1964) Holidays in Edenville (1964) The Return of Bud Powell (1964) Award at Birdland, 64 (1964) Ups 'n Downs (c. 1965)
With others	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941–1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944) New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945) Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946) J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946) Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) One Night in Birdland (1950) Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953) Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960) Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959) Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963) Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963)
Compilations and box sets	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48) The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1949–55) The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings (1947–63) The Complete RCA Trio Sessions (1956–57) The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (1949–56)
Compositions	"Bouncing with Bud" (1946) "Tempus Fugue-it" (1949) "Parisian Thoroughfare" (1951) "Un Poco Loco" (1951) "Glass Enclosure" (1953) "Mediocre" (1955) "Bud on Bach" (1957) "Una Noche con Francis" (1964)
Related	Round Midnight (1986)

v t e Idrees Sulieman
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Three Trumpets (with Art Farmer and Donald Byrd, 1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (with Webster Young, John Coltrane, and Bobby Jaspar, 1957) Roots (1957) The Camel (1964) Now Is the Time (1976) Bird's Grass (1976) Groovin' (1985)
Live albums	Americans in Europe (with Kenny Clarke, Bill Smith, Bud Powell, Albert Nicholas, Champion Jack Dupree, Curtis Jones, and Don Byas, 1963)
Related articles	Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band