Charlie Parker

• CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COLLECTION

• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES

• LIMITED EDITION

• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

This release 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 thesound quality of some issues. As a bonus, we present a version of “Bass-ically Speaking”. Although the track was recorded at a New York studio, Mingus originally included it, with dubbed applause, 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.

• (*) BONUS TRACK:.
• Charles Mingus (b), Billy Taylor (p), unknown (d)..
• New York, August 1953.

TRACKS:

• 01 Wee
• 02 Hot House
• 03 A Night in Tunisia
• 04 Drum Conversation
• 05 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
• 06 Embraceable You
• 07 Sure Thing
• 08 Cherokee
• 09 Hallelujah
• 10 Lullaby of Birdland
• 11 Perdido
• 12 Salt Peanuts
• 13 All the Things You Are
• 14 52nd Street Theme
• 15 Bass-ically Speaking (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 77:36 Min.