Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach - Toronto, Massey Hall, May 15, 1953 Released : 1996 Label ~ Giants of Jazz Format :Flac
When five of the most celebrated jazz musicians of the age get together for a one-time concert you would expect something special. So when you have Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus, each a legend in his own right, joining together on the stage of Toronto's Massey Hall in May of 1953, it is not strange that many consider their performance perhaps the greatest jazz concert ever.
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. Charlie Parker 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.
Tracklist 01. Perdido (7:54) 02. Salt Peanuts (7:51) 03. All The Things You Are (8:11) 04. Wee (6:55) 05. Hot House (9:30) 06. A Night In Tunisia (7:53) 07. Embraceable You (4:21) 08. Sure Thing (2:10) 09. Cherokee (4:51) 10. Jubilee (3:55) 11. Lullaby Of Birdland (2:34) 12. Bass-Ically Speaking (4:01)
Personnel Dizzy Gillespie — trumpet Charles Mingus — bass Charlie Parker — alto sax Bud Powell — piano Max Roach — drums
