Charlie Parker

This edition presents the complete widely celebrated Massey Hall concert, performed in Canada by an all-star quintet of bebop founders which would never be reunited again. It appears here in the actual order of performance and without the added bass and echo which darkened the sound quality of some issues. Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach.

As a bonus, the master take of “Bass-ically Speaking”, recorded at a New York studio, which was originally included by Mingus as part of the Massey Hall concert.

PERSONNEL:

CHARLIE PARKER, alto sax
DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet
BUD POWELL, piano
CHARLES MINGUS, bass
MAX ROACH, drums

Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953.

Note: “Drum Conversation” is a solo feature by Max Roach.
Tracks 5 to 10 by the Bud Powell Trio (omit Parker and Gillespie).

[15] BONUS TRACK
Charles Mingus (b), Billy Taylor (p), unknown (d). New York, August 1953.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 WEE [aka ALLEN’S ALLEY] 6:47
02 HOT HOUSE 9:10
03 A NIGHT IN TUNISIA 8:10
04 DRUM CONVERSATION 4:41
05 I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN 3:01
06 EMBRACEABLE YOU 4:23
07 SURE THING 2:11
08 CHEROKEE 4:54
09 HALLELUJAH 3:58
10 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND 2:32
11 PERDIDO 8:16
12 SALT PEANUTS 7:37
13 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 7:13
14 52nd STREET THEME 0:38
15 BASS-ICALLY SPEAKING 3:54*

Total Time: 77:32