Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie - Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
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Music CD Cover Artist: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie Brand: GILLESPIE/PARKER Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Original Language) CD Release Date: 2005-06-21 Music Label: Uptown Jazz Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 Album
Free Music Review: Diz and Bird at Town Hall June 22, 1945;
Hit: 4 Stars
I read a rave review of "this masterpiece" record in The New Yorker. I was underwhelmed compared to that review.
However, these are good early beebop performances and the accompanying notes and copies of contemporary reviews support a better understanding of what's going on. In particular, there are some very interesting comments re perceptions of what was going on that day at Town Hall in Leonard Feather's July 1945 Metronome review, which is reproduced.
There are three Gillespie classics: Beebop, A Night in Tunisia and Salt Peanuts running about seven minutes each. These are the longest early recordings of these numbers that I have heard.
Perhaps even more interesting would be the as yet unapproved release of the second half of the Concert with a program by a very young Errol Garner and Don Byas.