On May 15, 1953, five of jazz's most influential musicians—Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, and Bud Powell—gathered at Toronto's Massey Hall for what would be the first and only known recording as a quintet. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of this event, Craft Recordings has just reissued this concert, originally released on Debut Records, the label co-founded by Mingus and Max Roach. It's a masterful part of jazz history. It's an essential part of Black history, to be discovered or re-discovered.
From Monday, February 5 through Friday, February 9, one cut from the Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings album will be featured each morning on the New Day, New Play spotlight on my Daybreak show.
Preview “A Night in Tunisia” from Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings, above.
