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ROIO of the Week [Recordings
of Indeterminate Origin]
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Herbie
Hancock
50th Anniversary
Concert [no label, 1CD]
Massey Hall, Toronto, May 15, 2003
On May 15,
1953, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and
Max Roach gathered at Toronto's Massey Hall to play. The show was recorded
and is available on CD as The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall (Debut).
Bill Coss, editor
of Jazz Today, wrote in the album's liner notes: "In Toronto the quintet
performed brilliantly with asides for individual temperaments. And, fortunately,
there was a tape machine present to record most that came to pass. The
asides are often more felt than heard: [Charlie Parker's] unusual amount
of interpolations on Perdido; [Parker's] blowing Bud off of his back on
All The Things You Are; [Parker's] seemingly furious on his early choruses
of Salt Peanuts as if he were scolding the clowning Gillespie, whom he
had announced before the tune as 'my worthy constituent.' One can
wonder if the use of that word was deliberate or not.
"Asides aside, they
blew music of startling quality that night. These were no golden days
of bop, this commemorates no zenith of a style, but it is eloquent music
played by five exceptional musicians, something of a distinction among
jazz recording circles as a general rule.
"This was a quintet
that bop built, a quintet which had largely built bop..."
Fifty years to the
day, in 2003, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Garrett, Dave Holland
and Roy Haynes gathered at the majestic hall to pay tribute to The Quintet.
Before the show, trumpeter Hargrove told Now Toronto: "I used to listen
to that Jazz At Massey Hall recording religiously. Five of the main messengers
of the bebop era documented live - how incredible is that?"
"When I heard who
was going to be at Massey Hall for this show," Hargrove recalled from
a tour stop in Madrid, "I said, 'Put me down - please!' With these musicians
involved, I'd be happy just standing off to the side of the stage and
watching."
Anyone of sane mind
would not attempt to equal, much less expect to exceed, the work of the
elder jazzmen. Hancock and company do not.
Given the reputation
that has preceded them (and not to mention with their own reputations
at stake), Hancock's team seemed a tad cautious but they do play with
an easy elegance.
As Kris King notes
in ejazznews, "once the lights dimmed you could hear a pin drop, sense
the anticipation and muted excitement warming the atmosphere as Hancock,
Haynes, Holland, Hargrove and Garrett took the stage. Without speaking,
The Quintet quickly jelled into a cohesive unit playing off each other
with smooth, meticulous soloing while deftly applying considerable expertise
and innovation to each tune, weaving past musical triumphs into their
present repertoire.
"Unlike the first
concert, four of the players in the modern day Quintet play together regularly
in drummer Roy Haynes group, Birds Of A Feather. Familiarity brought easy
dialogue between Haynes, Hargrove, Holland and Garrett giving Hancock
plenty of space for improvisation. Hancock exuded confidence with his
relaxed approach setting the tone for the evening as songs progressed
without introductions. Signature renditions of Hot House, A Night In Tunisia,
Salt Peanuts, and Now's The Time allowed the audience to step vicariously
back into 1953."
This 2003 radio broadcast
is crisp while serious jazz fans might wish for something slightly warmer.
It's still mighty fine jazz all the same.
Click
on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality,
stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain,
these tracks have never been officially released.
These tracks are no longer available for download. Kindly email us at
mybigo@bigozine.com if you want
to download these tracks at a later time.
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| Track
01 |
Diverse
8:40 |
| Track
02 |
Night
In Tunisia 12:43 |
| Track
03 |
Ah
Leu Cha 8:02 |
| Track
04 |
April
In Paris 6:12 |
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Piano/Bass Duet (?) 6:40 |
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In the Still of the Night 12:20 |
| Track
05 |
Now's
the Time 11:53 |
| Track
06 |
[untitled]
6:54 |
| Track
07 |
Hot
House 8:38 |
| Track
08 |
Salt
Peanuts 6:10 |
Lineup:
Herbie Hancock -
piano
Roy Hargrove
- trumpet
Kenny Garrett
- sax
Dave Holland
- bass
Roy Haynes
- drums
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