The Quintet

The Profile

A jazz quintet documented at the May 15, 1953 Massey Hall concert in Toronto, featuring Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach; released as Jazz at Massey Hall.

The group recorded the Massey Hall concert on May 15, 1953 in Toronto; the lineup is Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. The performance is widely cited as a landmark bebop event.

A single DeBaser review celebrates the May 15, 1953 Massey Hall concert by The Quintet (Parker, Gillespie, Powell, Mingus, Roach). The review praises performances of "Perdido", "All the Things You Are", "Salt Peanuts" and "A Night in Tunisia" and gives the album a 5/5 rating.