Live Albums Recorded In 1953

Bud Powell Jazz At Massey Hall Vol 2 1953

Jazz At Massey Hall Vol 2 is a live album by the Bud Powell Trio.

It is a sister album of Jazz At Massey Hall by The Quintet of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach.

In the middle of the concert, the Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie left the stage for a performance of piano jazz which is now included on a Complete version of Jazz At Massey Hall.

Playing at the Massey Hall tracks are:

Bud Powell – piano,
Charles Mingus – bass,Max Roach – drums.

The latest versions of the album include two sets of bonuses:

4 tracks of Powell, George Duvivier (bass) and Art Taylor (drums) from a 1953 nightclub gig, and
4 tracks of pianist Billy Taylor with Charles Mingus. (this is a strange extra as it doesn’t include the headline artist Bud Powell and one tune appears in three versions.)

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Duke Ellington The 1953 Pasadena Concert

The 1953 Pasadena Concert is a live album by Duke Ellington.

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Billie Holiday At Storyville 1951 1953

At Storyville is a live album by Billie Holiday.

It was recorded at Storyville Club in Boston:

Tracks 1-9: Late October, 1953
Tracks 10-12: October 31st, 1951
Tracks 13-15: October 29th, 1951

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Miles Davis Live Recordings 1948-1957

Live Recordings 1948-1957 is a massive 13 CD collection by Miles Davis.

This is an extremely extensive look at Miles Davis and his live performances. I’ve taken this summary of the performances from Discogs and only 1954 is missing:

CD 1 Tracks 1 to 8 – September 11, 1948 – NYC at the Royal Roost
CD 1 Tracks 9 to 11 – September 18, 1948 – NYC at the Royal Roost
CD 1 Track 12 – March 31, 1946 – Los Angeles at Streets Of Paris with the Benny Carter Orchestra
CD 1 Tracks 13 & 14 – August 1948 – Chicago, Pershing Ballroom
CD 2 Tracks 1 to 4 – September 25, 1948 – NYC : Royal Roost
CD 2 Tracks 5 to 7 – January 17, 1949 – NYC, WPIX Radio : All Star Jam Session
CD 2 Tracks 8 to 11 – February 19, 1949 – NYC, Royal Roost
CD 2 Tracks 12 & 13 – February 26, 1949 – NYC : Royal Roost
CD 3 Tracks 1 to 10 – May 8 – 15, 1949 – Paris : Salle Pleyel
CD 3 Track 11 – May 15, 1949 – Paris : Salle Pleyel
CD 3 Tracks 12 to 14 – December 25, 1949 – NYC Carnegie Hall “The Stars Of Modern Jazz”
CD 4 Tracks 1 to 4 – February 18, 1950 – WNYC Radio Broadcast Jazz Festival
CD 4 Tracks 5 to 8 – June 30, 1950 – NYC : Birdland
CD 5 Tracks 1 to 4 – June 30, 1950 – NYC : Birdland
CD 5 Tracks 5 to 8 – February 17, 1951 – NYC : Birdland
CD 6 Tracks 1 to 3 – June 2, 1951 – NYC : Birdland
CD 6 Tracks 4 to 6 – September 29, 1951 – NYC : Birdland
CD 6 Tracks 7 to 9 – April 25, 1952 – NYC : Birdland
CD 6 Tracks 10 & 11 – May 2, 1952 – NYC : Birdland1952 – St. Louis, MO : The Barrel
CD 8 Tracks 1 to 4 – May 3, 1952 – NYC : Birdland
CD 8 Tracks 5 to 11 – Beginning Of 1953 – Boston, MA : Hi-Hat Club
CD 9 Tracks 1 to 4 – Beginning Of 1953 – Boston, MA : Hi-Hat Club
CD 9 Tracks 5 to 9 – May 16, 1953 – NYC : Birdland
CD 9 Tracks 10 & 11 – May 23, 1953 – NYC : Birdland
CD 10 Tracks 1 to 3 – September 13, 1953 – Los Angeles, CA.
CD 10 Tracks 4 to 7 – July 17, 1955 – Newport, RI : Newport Jazz Festival
CD 10 Tracks 8 & 9 – November 18, 1955 – NYC : Basin Street Club TV Broadcast «The Steve Allen Tonight Show»
CD 11 Tracks 1 to 5 – February 18, 1956, Pasadena, CA, Civic Center
CD 11 Tracks 6 to 12 – July 14, 1956, St. Louis, MO, Peacock Alley
CD 12 Tracks 1 to 3 – July 21, 1956, , St. Louis, MO, Peacock Alley
CD 12 Track 4 – November 12, 1956, Sindelfingen, RFA, Stadthalle
CD 12 Tracks 5 & 6 – December 8, 1956, Philadelphie, Blue Note, Radio Broadcast Bandstand USA
CD 12 Tracks 7 to 10 – July 13, 1957, New York, Cafe Bohemia, Radio Broadcast Bandstand USA
CD 13 Tracks 1 & 2 – July 20, 1957, New York, Cafe Bohemia, Radio Broadcast Bandstand USA
CD 13 Tracks 3 & 4 – July 27, 1957, New York, Cafe Bohemia, Radio Broadcast Bandstand USA
CD 13 Tracks 5 & 6 – October 17, 1957, New York, Birdland, ABC Dancing Party
CD 13 Tracks 7 to 9 – December 18, 1957, Stuttgart, RFA, Beethoven Saal

For details of how is playing on the album, please see Discogs.

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Stan Getz Chet Baker Quartet Live At The Haig 1953

Live At The Haig is a live album by the Stan Getz Chet Baker Quartet.

It was recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles on June 16, 1953.

Stan Getz replaced Gerry Mulligan in this piano-less quartet for this concert. Playing on the album are:

Stan Getz – tenor sax
Chet Baker – trumpet
Carson Smith – bass
Larry Bunker – drums

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Charlie Parker The Washington Concerts 1953

The Washington Concerts is a live album by Charlie Parker with Quartet and the Orchestra that collects together live performances from three different concerts in Washington in 1952 and ’53.

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Charlie Parker Complete Bird at The Open Door 1953

Complete Bird at The Open Door is a live album by Charlie Parker.

It was recorded at the Open Door in New York on July 26, 1953.

Playing with Charlie Parker are:

Al Haig – piano
Charles Mingus – bass
Art Taylor – drums

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Charlie Parker At Storyville 1953

Charlie Parker At Storyville is a live album of Bird’s concerts at Storyville in Boston on September 22, 1953.

He played with two different bands:

Tracks 1 to 4

Red Garland – piano
Billy Griggs – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Tracks 5 to 9

Herb Pomeroy – trumpet
Charles Thompson – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

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Duke Ellington Rare Live Recordings 1952 – 53

Rare Live Recordings 1952 – 53 is a collection of live recording by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra.

It brings together recordings from:

5th January 1952 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City (it’s also been said that this was actually recorded at the Carnegie Hall in New York) – all CD 1 and the first two songs on CD 2.
29th April 1952 at The Armory, Yakima, Washington – tracks 10 to 18 on CD 2 and 1 to 4 on CD 3
30th April 1953 at the McElroy’s Ballroom in Portland, Oregon – tracks 5 to 14 on CD 3
And an unknown venue in March 1952 provide tracks 3 to 9 on CD 2

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The Quintet Jazz At Massey Hall 1953

Jazz At Massey Hall is a live album by The Quintet. It is a recording of the concert at Massey Hall in Toronto 15 May 1953.

This begs the question “who are the Quintet?”

Just possibly the greatest assembly of jazz talent ever put together on one stage… Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach.

I understand that this was the last time that Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker ever recorded together because of bad feelings between them.

An extended recorded version of this concert has also been released with 14 songs but half of them don’t include Parker and Gillespie. The purist in me thinks that you should go straight for the longer concert but it’s live Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie that attracts me.

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