The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever

~ Release by The Quintet (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

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.

Tracklist

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1Embraceable You
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (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 (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (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 (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 (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. 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 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
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
ABC Music Co., Bourne Co., Dorsey Brothers Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation, My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Pocketful of Dreams Music Publisher and Reganesque Music Company
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
4:05
6Jubilee
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1953-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (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 (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
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing
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
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 (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 (in 1927)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Laurence Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Warner Bros., Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
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