Un Poco Loco
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"Un Poco Loco" is a composition by American jazz
pianist and composer Bud Powell
. The piece was first recorded during a Blue Note
session on May 1, 1951, with Powell on piano, Curly Russell on bass, and Max Roach
on drums. Literary critic Harold Bloom
included this performance on his short list of the greatest works of twentieth-century American art.
The album The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume One
includes his entire May 1, 1951 session, including the master take of "Un Poco Loco" and two alternate takes.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianist and composer Bud Powell
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk...
. The piece was first recorded during a Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
session on May 1, 1951, with Powell on piano, Curly Russell on bass, and Max Roach
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...
on drums. Literary critic Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom is an American writer and literary critic, and is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. He is known for his defense of 19th-century Romantic poets, his unique and controversial theories of poetic influence, and his prodigious literary output, particularly for a literary...
included this performance on his short list of the greatest works of twentieth-century American art.
The album The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume One
The Amazing Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, also called The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1, is a 1951 album by jazz pianist Bud Powell. It is part of a loosely connected series with the 1953 companion The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 and the 1957 Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell , all released on Blue Note. The album details two...
includes his entire May 1, 1951 session, including the master take of "Un Poco Loco" and two alternate takes.