# Americans in Europe

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1963 live jazz albums

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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!](/source/Impulse!_Records) 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](/source/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:***

1. "No Smokin' / Low Life" – 10:50

1. "[I Can't Get Started](/source/I_Can't_Get_Started)" – 5:40

1. "Freeway / Pyramid" – 11:30

1. "['Round Midnight](/source/'Round_Midnight_(song))" – 7:15

***Vol. 2:***

1. "My Buddy Run Rabbits" – 4:33 Omitted from CD reissue

1. "Why Daughter How Are You" – 4:00 Omitted from CD reissue

1. "Rose Room" – 3:30 Omitted from CD reissue

1. "Wine, Whiskey and Gin Head Woman" – 6:20 Omitted from CD reissue

1. "Lots of Talk for You" – 2:50 Omitted from CD reissue

1. "[All the Things You Are](/source/All_the_Things_You_Are) – 9:55

1. "[I Remember Clifford](/source/I_Remember_Clifford_(song))" – 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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_1-1) Henderson, A. [Allmusic Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/americans-in-europe-r220047) accessed May 17, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Impulse!_Records_discography_2-0)** [Impulse! Records discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-36) accessed May 17, 2012

v t e 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) Related articles Modern Jazz Quartet Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band

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) Eternity (1961–64) The Invisible Cage (1964) Holidays in Edenville, 64 (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

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