The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever

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Annotation

The liner/back panel tracklisting for disc 2 is incorrect and has been fixed.

Here and especially here are good session/discography breakdowns; here is an article about the concert.

Annotation last modified on 2023-03-14 15:40 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Embraceable You
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-05-15)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1953-05-15)
recorded at:
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1953-05-15)
live instrumental recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1953-05-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
4:24
2Sure Thing
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-05-15)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1953-05-15)
recorded at:
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1953-05-15)
live recording of:
Sure Thing (on 1953-05-15)
composer:
Bud Powell
2:13
3Cherakee
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-05-15)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1953-05-15)
recorded at:
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1953-05-15)
live instrumental recording of:
Cherokee (on 1953-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
4:53
4My Devotion
bass:
George Duvivier (in 1953-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (in 1953-09)
piano:
Bud Powell (in 1953-09)
live instrumental cover recording of:
My Devotion (in 1953-09)
writer:
Roc Hillman (songwriter, arranger) and John Napton
2:38
5Polka Dots and Moonbeams
bass:
George Duvivier (in 1953-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (in 1953-09)
piano:
Bud Powell (in 1953-09)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (in 1953-09)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
ABC Music Co. (799 Sevenih Avenue, New York 1930s-1940s), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Pocketful of Dreams Music Publisher and Reganesque Music Company
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
4:05
6Jubilee
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-05-15)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1953-05-15)
recorded at:
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1953-05-15)
3:57
7Lullaby of Birdland
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-05-15)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1953-05-15)
recorded at:
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1953-05-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1953-05-15)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
2:36
8Bass-ically Speaking
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1953)
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (in 1953)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (in 1953)
piano:
Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist) (in 1953)
recording of:
Bass-ically Speaking (in 1953)
4:02
9My Heart Stood Still
bass:
George Duvivier (in 1953-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (in 1953-09)
piano:
Bud Powell (in 1953-09)
live instrumental cover recording of:
My Heart Stood Still (in 1953-09)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Laurence Harms, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
One Dam Thing After Another
3:33
10I Want to Be Happy
bass:
George Duvivier (in 1953-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (in 1953-09)
piano:
Bud Powell (in 1953-09)
live instrumental cover recording of:
I Want to Be Happy (No, No, Nanette) (in 1953-09)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
No, No, Nanette
4:55

Credits

Release group

included in:Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings by Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist), Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
part of:Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)
Rolling Stone: 50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time (2015-04-29) (number: 24) (order: 24)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/176938 [info]
https://www.discogs.com/master/341844 [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/the-quintet/jazz-at-massey-hall/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000653534 [info]
Wikidata:Q824981 [info]