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This concert was held at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada on May 15, 1953, and was recorded by bassist Charles Mingus, who overdubbed some additional bass parts and issued it on his own Debut label as the Quintet's Jazz at Massey Hall. Charlie Parker (listed on the original album sleeve as "Charlie Chan") performed on a plastic alto, pianist Bud Powell was stone drunk from the opening bell, and Dizzy Gillespie kept popping offstage to check on the status of the first Rocky Marciano-Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight championship bout. Subsequent editions of this evening were released as a double-live album (featuring Bud Powell's magnificent piano trio set with Mingus and Roach), dubbed The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever. The hyperbole is well-deserved, because at the time of this concert, each musician on Jazz at Massey Hall was considered to be the principle instrumental innovator within the bebop movement. All of these musicians were influenced by Charlie Parker, and their collective rapport is magical. As a result, their fervent solos on the uptempo tunes ("Salt Peanuts" and "Wee") seem to flow like one uninterrupted idea. "All the Things You Are" redefines Jerome Kern's classic ballad, with frequent echoes of "Grand Canyon Suite" from Bird and Diz, and a ruminative solo by Powell. And on Gillespie's classic "Night in Tunisia," the incomparable swagger of Bird's opening break is matched by the keening emotional intensity of Gillespie's daredevil flight. A legendary set, no matter how or when or where it's issued.
© TiVo
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Bud Powell, MainArtist - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist - Charles Mingus, MainArtist - Max Roach, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bud Powell, MainArtist - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Clarke, ComposerLyricist - Charles Mingus, MainArtist - Max Roach, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Bud Powell, MainArtist - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Charles Mingus, MainArtist - Max Roach, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bud Powell, MainArtist - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Mingus, MainArtist - FRANK PAPARELLI, ComposerLyricist - Max Roach, MainArtist - Denzil Best, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bud Powell, MainArtist - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist - Tadd Dameron, ComposerLyricist - Charles Mingus, MainArtist - Max Roach, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bud Powell, MainArtist - Charlie Parker, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charles Mingus, MainArtist - FRANK PAPARELLI, ComposerLyricist - Max Roach, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
This concert was held at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada on May 15, 1953, and was recorded by bassist Charles Mingus, who overdubbed some additional bass parts and issued it on his own Debut label as the Quintet's Jazz at Massey Hall. Charlie Parker (listed on the original album sleeve as "Charlie Chan") performed on a plastic alto, pianist Bud Powell was stone drunk from the opening bell, and Dizzy Gillespie kept popping offstage to check on the status of the first Rocky Marciano-Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight championship bout. Subsequent editions of this evening were released as a double-live album (featuring Bud Powell's magnificent piano trio set with Mingus and Roach), dubbed The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever. The hyperbole is well-deserved, because at the time of this concert, each musician on Jazz at Massey Hall was considered to be the principle instrumental innovator within the bebop movement. All of these musicians were influenced by Charlie Parker, and their collective rapport is magical. As a result, their fervent solos on the uptempo tunes ("Salt Peanuts" and "Wee") seem to flow like one uninterrupted idea. "All the Things You Are" redefines Jerome Kern's classic ballad, with frequent echoes of "Grand Canyon Suite" from Bird and Diz, and a ruminative solo by Powell. And on Gillespie's classic "Night in Tunisia," the incomparable swagger of Bird's opening break is matched by the keening emotional intensity of Gillespie's daredevil flight. A legendary set, no matter how or when or where it's issued.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:38
- Main artists: Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie Bud Powell Max Roach Charles Mingus
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Debut records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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