Un Poco Loco

"Un Poco Loco"
"Un Poco Loco"
Single by Bud Powell
from the album The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume One
B-side	"It Could Happen to You"
Released	1951
Genre	Jazz
Length	4:42
Label	Blue Note
Songwriter(s)	Bud Powell
Producer(s)	Alfred Lion
Bud Powell singles chronology

"Un Poco Loco" is an Afro-Cuban jazz standard composed by American jazz pianist Bud Powell.^[1]^[2] It was first recorded for Blue Note Records by Powell, Curly Russell, and Max Roach on May 1, 1951.^[3]^[4]

Musical characteristics[]

"Un Poco Loco" is in thirty-two bar form.^[4] On the original recording, improvisation was based on a single scale instead of a chord sequence.^[2]

Legacy[]

In the late 1980s, the renowned literary and cultural critic Harold Bloom included "Un Poco Loco" in his list of the most "sublime" works of twentieth-century American art (from his introduction to Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow).^[5]

References[]

^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Afro-Cuban Jazz. San Francisco, C.A.: Miller Freeman Books. p. 188. ISBN 087930619X. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Priestley, Brian (1991). Jazz On Record: A History. New York: Billboard Books. p. 99. ISBN 0823075621. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^ Groves, Alan (2001). The Glass Enclosure: The Life Of Bud Powell (Reprinted. ed.). New York: Continuum. p. 124. ISBN 0826447465. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b McCalla, James (1994). Jazz, A Listener's Guide. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. pp. 116, 123, 125, 194. ISBN 0130979406. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^ Kastin, David (2011). Nica's Dream (1st ed.). W. W. Norton. pp. 172, 173. ISBN 9780393069402. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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[Afro-Cuban_Jazz-1] Yanow, Scott (2000). Afro-Cuban Jazz. San Francisco, C.A.: Miller Freeman Books. p. 188. ISBN 087930619X. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[Priestley_history-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Priestley, Brian (1991). Jazz On Record: A History. New York: Billboard Books. p. 99. ISBN 0823075621. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[The_Glass_Enclosure-3] Groves, Alan (2001). The Glass Enclosure: The Life Of Bud Powell (Reprinted. ed.). New York: Continuum. p. 124. ISBN 0826447465. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[listener's_guide-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b McCalla, James (1994). Jazz, A Listener's Guide. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. pp. 116, 123, 125, 194. ISBN 0130979406. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[Nica's_Dream-5] Kastin, David (2011). Nica's Dream (1st ed.). W. W. Norton. pp. 172, 173. ISBN 9780393069402. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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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	Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44–48 (1944–48) 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) 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! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (1957) Swingin' with Bud (1957) Bud Plays Bird (1957–58) Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4) (1958) The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (1958) Bud in Paris (1959–60) A Portrait of Thelonious (1961) A Tribute to Cannonball (and Don Byas, 1961) Americans in Europe (split album, 1963) Bud Powell in Paris (1963)
With others	Paris Jam Session (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1959) Dexter Rides Again (Dexter Gordon, 1946) Our Man in Paris (Dexter Gordon, 1963) J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946) Mingus at Antibes (Charles Mingus, 1960) Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Mingus, Max Roach, 1953) New York Journeyman – Complete Recordings (Frank Socolow, 1945) Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) Cootie Williams and His Orchestra 1941��1944 (Cootie Williams, Classics, 1944)
Compilations and Box-sets	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) "Un Poco Loco" (1951) "Glass Enclosure" (1953)