• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

A legendary concert – recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto, with a previously-unmatched quintet of superstar bop players – Charlie Parker on alto, Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Bud Powell on piano, Charles Mingus on bass, and Max Roach on drums – all coming together in a performance that's a bit rough at times, but which more than makes up for that roughness in its own sense of history!

PERSONNEL:

• Charlie Chan - (alto sax)
• Charlie Mingus - (bass)
• Max Roach - (drums)
• Bud Powell - (piano)
• Dizzy Gillespie - (trumpet)

Recorded live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada; May 15, 1953

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Perdido
• A2. Salt Peanuts
• A3. All The Things You Are

• SIDE B
• B1. Wee
• B2. Hot House
• B3. A Night In Tunisia