{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Short description|1963 live jazz albums}} {{for|emigrants from the United States to Europe|American diaspora}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album| | name = Americans in Europe | type = Live album | artist = [[Kenny Clarke]] / [[Idrees Sulieman]] / [[Bill Smith (jazz musician)|Bill Smith]] / [[Bud Powell]] / [[Albert Nicholas]] / [[Champion Jack Dupree]] / [[Curtis Jones (pianist)|Curtis Jones]] / [[Don Byas]] | cover = Americans in Europe Vol 1.jpg | alt = | released = 1963 | recorded = January 3, 1963 <br><small>Koblenz, West Germany</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 40:38 | label = [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]]<br><small>AS 36 and AS 37</small> | producer = [[Joachim Ernst Berendt]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Vol. 2 Cover | type = Live album | cover = Americans in Europe Vol 2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]'' | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>}}
'''''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! Records|Impulse!]] label.<ref name="Impulse! Records discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-36 Impulse! Records discography] accessed May 17, 2012</ref> 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".<ref name="Allmusic">Henderson, A. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/americans-in-europe-r220047 Allmusic Review] accessed May 17, 2012</ref>
==Track listing== '''''Vol. 1:''''' # "No Smokin' / Low Life" – 10:50 # "[[I Can't Get Started]]" – 5:40 # "Freeway / Pyramid" – 11:30 # "[['Round Midnight (song)|'Round Midnight]]" – 7:15 '''''Vol. 2:''''' # "My Buddy Run Rabbits" – 4:33 <small>Omitted from CD reissue</small> # "Why Daughter How Are You" – 4:00 <small>Omitted from CD reissue</small> # "Rose Room" – 3:30 <small>Omitted from CD reissue</small> # "Wine, Whiskey and Gin Head Woman" – 6:20 <small>Omitted from CD reissue</small> # "Lots of Talk for You" – 2:50 <small>Omitted from CD reissue</small> # "[[All the Things You Are]] – 9:55 # "[[I Remember Clifford (song)|I Remember Clifford]]" – 7:15
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''''Vol. 1, Track 1: Kenny Clarke Trio''''' *[[Kenny Clarke]] – drums *[[Jimmy Gourley]] – guitar *[[Lou Bennett (American musician)|Lou Bennett]] – [[electronic organ|organ]] '''''Vol. 1, Track 2: Idrees Sulieman Quartet''''' *[[Idrees Sulieman]] – trumpet *[[Bud Powell]] – piano *[[Jimmy Woode]] – [[double bass|bass]] *[[Joe Harris (musician)|Joe Harris]] – drums '''''Vol. 1, Track 3: Bill Smith Quintet''''' *[[Bill Smith (jazz musician)|Bill Smith]] – clarinet *[[Herb Geller]] – [[alto saxophone]] *Jimmy Gourley – guitar *[[Bob Carter (musician)|Bob Carter]] – bass *[[Joe Harris (musician)|Joe Harris]] – drums '''''Vol. 1, Track 4: Bud Powell Trio''''' *Bud Powell – piano *Jimmy Woode – bass *[[Joe Harris (musician)|Joe Harris]] – drums {{col-break}} '''''Vol. 2, Tracks 1 & 2: The Traditional Americans in Europe''''' *[[Nelson Williams (trumpeter)|Nelson Williams]], [[Peanuts Holland]] – trumpet *[[Albert Nicholas]] – clarinet *[[Earle Howard (musician)|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 (pianist)|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 (musician)|Joe Harris]] – drums {{col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Kenny Clarke}} {{Bud Powell}} {{Idrees Sulieman}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:1963 albums]] [[Category:Impulse! Records live albums]] [[Category:Bud Powell albums]] [[Category:Kenny Clarke albums]] [[Category:Champion Jack Dupree albums]] [[Category:Don Byas albums]] [[Category:Curtis Jones (pianist) albums]] [[Category:Idrees Sulieman albums]]