Audio CD review:
Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach - Jazz at Massey Hall

Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach - Jazz at Massey Hall

Band: Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach Title: Jazz at Massey Hall Rating: Release Date: 01 July, 1991 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Perdido 2: Salt Peanuts 3: All The Things You Are 4: Wee 5: Hot House 6: A Night In Tunisia

Editoral Review Released following Parker's death two years after the date, the recording finds him in remarkable form, his playing robust, pointed, and witty. One of the most famous live recordings in jazz history, this May 1953 concert from Toronto brought together five of bebop's greatest figures in alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (credited here as "Charlie Chan" in a purposely transparent attempt to sidestep Parker's exclusive recording arrangement with another record company), trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, drummer Max Roach, and bassist Charles Mingus. And although each participant is a band leader, composer, and groundbreaking stylist on his instrument, the performance demonstrates that Parker remained first among equals. Compositionally, Jazz at Massey Hall leans heavily on the bebop book developed by Gillespie, and includes "Salt Peanuts," "Wee," and "A Night in Tunisia. " Also featured are Tadd Dameron's "Hot House," the Ellington standard "Perdido," and "All the Things You Are. " Initially released on Debut Records, a label co-owned by Mingus and Roach, the sound quality is certainly of the time, but has benefited over the years from digital technology. --Fred Goodman .. You can see a complete list of all Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach discography, or go back to the Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach tabs