Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever
| Recorded | May 1953 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Released | 1953 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 341844 |
The record
A one-off gathering of bebop's founding architects, caught together on a single stage at a moment when the music they'd invented was already splintering into new directions. Mingus later issued this on his own Debut label as "Jazz at Massey Hall" -- proof that even the participants knew what they'd captured.
Session personnel
- Charlie Parker — alto saxophone
- Charles Mingus — bass
- Max Roach — drums
- Bud Powell — piano
- Dizzy Gillespie — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 34 pressings on file.
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Gatefold, PRC Pressing earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1973 | Prestige |
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered |
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered |
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered |
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Remastered |
| 1973 | Prestige · 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1973 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Gatefold, Indianapolis Pressing · gatefold |
| 1973 | Prestige · PRE M52424 — Cassette, Compilation, Dolby |
| 1974 | Prestige · PR.M-40.057/58 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered · gatefold |
| 1974 | Prestige · L45405/6 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1974 | Prestige · L45405/6 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, White Label, Gate fold |
| 1975 | Prestige · PR 24024 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered |
Follow the players
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