Event · 1953 · Toronto [43.65, -79.38]
The Massey Hall Reunion
In 1953, at Massey Hall in Toronto, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie reunited with Bud Powell and Max Roach for a concert later issued as "Jazz at Massey Hall," the last great gathering of bebop's founding figures. The performance is the capstone of the New York-rooted lineage traced through this scene, a final convergence of the players who built the style. It closes the chapter that the after-hours sessions of the early 1940s had opened.
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- Wikidata: Jazz at Massey HallWikidata
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collaborates with → Charlie Parker
The 1953 reunion captured on "Jazz at Massey Hall" brought Charlie Parker back together with Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and Max Roach, the last great gathering of bebop's founders on one stage. It serves as the capstone of the New York lineage traced through this scene. The event closes the arc that the Minton's sessions of the early 1940s had begun.