Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie - Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
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Free Music Notes for Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
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.
Free Music Review: great archival recording...
Hit: 4 Stars
This stuff cooks, what else can I say. The sound is great for a 1945 recording. The engergy of this performance makes all these now classic bop tunes (including Night in Tunisia, Groovin' High and Salt Peanuts) sound new and radical again. Along with the universally praised and better distributed Coltrane/Monk at Cargegie Hall CD on Blue Note, this is one of the great archival jazz finds of the decade and an essential pick-up for all jazz freaks (yeah, I know that's what everybody is saying -- but it's true!)Free Music Review: Important historically more than musically.
Hit: 3 Stars
It seems to me that the music on this CD has been over-praised. Dizzy Gillespie's playing is indeed brilliant. But with the exception of his work on "Salt Peanuts", this is sub-par (for Bird!)Charlie Parker. Melodically, his playing here is nothing special (again, by HIS standards), and it is at times technically and rythmically unsure in a way that's quite uncharacteristic of him. I respectfully suggest that these faults may perhaps have been overlooked because of the understandable excitement surrounding the dramatic discovery of a recording of this concert from one of the most exciting eras of jazz history.Free Music Review: "discovery of the century"? no. white elephant of the century
Hit: 1 Stars
some lost tapes should stay lost. avoid the hype. your precious music dollar can be much better spent elsewhere. these guys are phoning it in for whitey here. look to savoy for a much finer taste of parker. look to allen eager for a suprisingly fresh period bob voice rarely heard. yes, parker at his best was great. but lets not worship every known poop from these sacred cows.