Bouncing with Bud (also known as Bebop in Pastel)[1] is a 1946
jazz standard by American pianist
Bud Powell and
Gil Fuller, which features the saxophone of
Sonny Stitt and the trumpet of
Kenny Dorham. It was originally recorded on 23 August 1946 as "Bebop in Pastel".[2]
Composition
In the key of
B-flat major, the tune is a "nonblues theme whose form is A-A'-B-A' with an eight-bar interlude that is not played during the solos."[3] The introduction consists of an ascending line that modulates between two chords, Bbmaj7#11 and B7b5 before resolving to Bb through the use of a
tritone substitution.[4]
Notable performances
Powell played the theme under the debut title "Bouncing with Bud" on August 9, 1949 for
Blue Note Records with
Sonny Rollins,
Fats Navarro,
Tommy Potter and
Roy Haynes, for a recording which is often wrongly thought to be the original.[5][6] The same recording session included two alternate takes of the tune that were later released as well.[7] He recorded a trio version as the title tune of his 1962
Delmark album Bouncing with Bud.[8]
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.