The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Jazz at Massey Hall by The Quintet


Max Roach was the drummer for a makeshift, one-night-only quintet that performed at Massey Hall in Toronto on May 15, 1953.  It featured five of bebop's pioneering musicians on their respective instruments: the aforementioned Max Roach, Charles Mingus on bass, Bud Powell on piano, Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, and Charlie Parker (billed as "Charlie Chan" for contractual reasons) on alto saxophone.  Billing themselves as "The Quintet" and the concert as "the greatest jazz concert ever", Jazz at Massey Hall came out on in 1953 on Debut Records, the record label founded by Max Roach and Charles Mingus.

Here is the complete discography for The Quintet:

Jazz at Massey Hall
Complete Jazz at Massey Hall (2004 album reissue)

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Max Roach Quartet - The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1954)

The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley by Max Roach Quartet


The latest stop on the tour was for the Booker Little 4 "& Max Roach".  Eminent bebop drummer Max Roach released his first album as bandleader The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley in 1954 on Debut Records.

Here is the discography surrounding Max Roach's debut album:

Prince Albert (1949 single with his Quintet)
Baby Sis (1949 single with his Quintet)
Tomorrow (1949 single with his Quintet)
Maximum (1949 single with his Quintet)
New Sounds (1952 compilation album with his Quintet)
Cou-Manchi-Cou (1953 single)
Just One of those Things (1953 single)
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley

"Maximum" by Max Roach Quintet


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