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Jazz at Massey Hall by: Quintet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach CD-Charts Price: $11.98 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0025218604420 Format: Live Label: Ojc Manufacturer: Ojc Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Ojc Release Date: July 01, 1991 Studio: Ojc Sales Rank: 57650 MPN: 44 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: 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. Released following Parker's death two years after the date, the recording finds him in remarkable form, his playing robust, pointed, and witty. 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Such Limitless Potential...This concert has the makings of something quite magical. Five of the best bebop musicians ever taking to the same stage. Unfortunately, it doesn't live up to it's potential. Apparently Bird, Diz, and Powell were all drunk...with Bird being the worst offender. And Diz kept leaving the stage to go watch a big heavyweight boxing match that was being broadcast. Bird also forgot to bring his sax so he was playing a cheap alto borrowed from a local music store. Bud was on leave from a mental institution and required supervision, so he wasn't exactly at his best to start with. Moreover, Bird and Diz left the stage for more than half the concert leving just a trio performing. Max was impeccables that night, however, playing an amazing set with ... Read More: Rating:  - History in the makingThis recording is an essential addition to any serious Jazz collection, capturing as it does five Jazz giants recorded together for the one and only time. Charlie Parker is on Alto Sax, Dizzy Gillespie Trumpet, Bud Powell Piano, Charles Mingus bass and Max Roach on drums. From the first number "Perdido" you know this something special. A medium tempo version which never stops swinging. Gillespie in particular is in fiery form on this number. On "Salt Peanuts" Bud Powell plays a memorable solo, which precedes a thunderous drum solo from Max Roach. The atmosphere is fantastic with the crowd applauding the musicians solos, and sometimes you can hear the musicians cajoaling each other to better performances. Considering ... Read More: Rating: - four and 1/2 stars.look at the line-up on this live recording from toronto, canada, circa the year 1953 AD. it's enough to make a jazz fans eyes bug out. charlie parker on sax, dizzy gillespie on trumpet, bud powell on piano, charles mingus on bass, and max roach on drums. holy cow! how could this not be the greatest jazz album of all-time? but amazingly, it manages not to be. go figure. anyway, if it's not the greatest jazz album of all-time, it's still fantastic; and it should be mandatory for any jazz lover to keep a copy laying around whatever one calls home. one further thing, then i'll let you get on with your life: most people seem to prefer the newer release of this concert, where the charles mingus bass work is not overdubbed, like it is on the original ... Read More: Rating:  - My favorite 'live' recording of all-timeThere are some pretty excellent reviews already written about this amazing recording (C. Craddock's in particular). It is one of my top five favorite jazz CD's that I own and definitely my favorite 'live' recording. I love hearing the applause of the audience after each solo. These cats were simply the 'DREAM TEAM' of Jazz music - Dizzy, Bird, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and last but not least the incredible Charles Mingus on bass. From the moment the first song "Perdido" begins your heart starts pounding quickly with excitement and glee cause you just know you are in for some kind of magical journey. I still can't believe the story about Bird and his borrowed horn (the infamous white, plastic alto). Talk about turning chicken sh.. ... Read More: Rating: - Greatest Jazz Concert of All Time. No, Really. I Mean It.This concert was a reunion for Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. In spite of his name, Dizzy was actually a pretty stable guy, who was fed up with Bird's shennanigans. It was a shame, because they were two virtuosos, and Parker replaced Diz with a young Miles Davis, who was just not up to the task, not playing at a level to meet and challenge Bird. To give you an idea of what Dizzy had been putting up with, Parker played the gig on a white plastic saxophone, because his horn was in the pawn shop. That was a common tactic of Charlie Parker, drug addict, pawning his horn before a gig, in order to get money for heroin. In spite of the plastic horn (that actually became kind of a collector's item because Bird had used the horn on this ... Read More: |
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