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"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.
Franco orchestrated the score and wrote additional music, and she made numerous trips to Mexico to record local musicians. She also ended up contributing several original songs, including the joyous number "Un Poco Loco" and the heartfelt closer, "Proud Corazón." [24] Originally, the film was meant to be a "break-into-song" musical. [25]
Among the more discussed of the album's tracks is the pianist's composition "Un Poco Loco" ("A Little Crazy"), which has been singled out by critics and cultural historians for its musical and cultural significance. While the song "Un Poco Loco" has been identified as musically outstanding, it has also been discussed as culturally significant.
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz pianist Bud Powell, recorded on August 8, 1949, May 1, 1951, and August 14, 1953, and released on Blue Note in 1956, compiling Powell's first three session for the label, originally released on ten-inch LPs as The Amazing Bud Powell (1952) and The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (1954).
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) [1] was an American jazz pianist and composer.A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory, [2] Powell's application of complex phrasing to the piano influenced both his contemporaries and later pianists including Walter Davis Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Barry Harris.
"Un poco loco" (14 November 1983) 4. "The uninvited guest (Me colé en una fiesta-English version)/ London (Boda en Londres)" (1983) ...
Like his earlier composition "Un Poco Loco," Powell's "Una Noche con Francis" is written to an Afro-Cuban rhythm, hence its Spanish-language title.The pianist was in the process of being released from Bouffemont Sanitorium at the time of its writing. [3]
Un Poco Loco is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, recorded in 1979 and released on the Columbia label. [1] The album was Hutcherson's last for Columbia. Reception