Massey Hall is a performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto. The theatre was originally designed to seat 3,500 patrons, but after extensive renovations in the 1940s it now seats up to 2,765.
Massey Hall was built to fill the need for a secular meeting place where people from Toronto and area could meet and enjoy choral music not of a religious theme. It was designed with a neoclassical facade, and features moorish arches that span the width of the interior hall. This interior was inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Spain as well as Louis Sullivan’s Chicago Auditorium and Opera house. The exterior neoclassical facade was a preference voiced from Lillian, Hart Massey's daughter.
Jazz at Massey Hall is a live jazzalbum featuring a performance by "The Quintet" given on 15 May 1953 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The quintet was composed of several leading 'modern' players of the day: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. It was the only time that the five men recorded together as a unit, and it was the last recorded meeting of Parker and Gillespie.
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The first pianist considered by the organizers was Lennie Tristano, but he suggested Powell as a more appropriate match for the other musicians.Oscar Pettiford was considered as an alternative to Mingus.
The concert
Parker played a Grafton saxophone on this date; he could not be listed on the original album cover for contractual reasons, so was billed as "Charlie Chan", an allusion to the fictional detective and to Parker's wife Chan.
The original plan was for the Toronto New Jazz Society and the musicians to share the profits from the recording. However, owing to a boxing prize fight between Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott taking place simultaneously, the audience was so small that the Society was unable to pay the musicians' fees. The musicians were all given NSF checks, and only Parker was able to actually cash his; Gillespie complained that he did not receive his fee "for years and years".
Massey Hall: Historic venue prepares for extensive renovation
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Neil Young - Ohio [Live At Massey Hall 1971] (Video)
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Multiple JUNO Award winner Bahamas makes his Massey Hall debut performing songs from throughout his acclaimed catalogue including the premiere of a new song, “Alone” for Live at Massey Hall.
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The Magic of Massey Hall | Shine a Light on Massey Hall
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Massey Hall, the historic Toronto venue, is preparing for an extensive two-year renovation. The National takes you inside the 124-year-old concert hall with som...
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As Toronto's Massey Hall gets set for a massive renovation, famous performers like Gordon Lightfoot, Geddy Lee and The Barenaked Ladies share their favourite mu...
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Watch more live concert films like this at www.liveatmasseyhall.com
Multiple JUNO Award winner Bahamas makes his Massey Hall debut performing songs from throug...
Watch more live concert films like this at www.liveatmasseyhall.com
Multiple JUNO Award winner Bahamas makes his Massey Hall debut performing songs from throughout his acclaimed catalogue including the premiere of a new song, “Alone” for Live at Massey Hall.
Presented by TD
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Watch more live concert films like this at www.liveatmasseyhall.com
Multiple JUNO Award winner Bahamas makes his Massey Hall debut performing songs from throughout his acclaimed catalogue including the premiere of a new song, “Alone” for Live at Massey Hall.
Presented by TD
Supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation
Deane Cameron, President and CEO of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall discusses the magic of Massey Hall. www.masseyhall.com/revitalization
The Music in this vide...
Deane Cameron, President and CEO of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall discusses the magic of Massey Hall. www.masseyhall.com/revitalization
The Music in this video is used by permission, courtesy of Whitehorse/Six Shooter Records
Deane Cameron, President and CEO of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall discusses the magic of Massey Hall. www.masseyhall.com/revitalization
The Music in this video is used by permission, courtesy of Whitehorse/Six Shooter Records
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Watch more live concert films like this at www.liveatmasseyhall.com
Multiple JUNO Award winner Bahamas makes his Massey Hall debut performing songs from throughout his acclaimed catalogue including the premiere of a new song, “Alone” for Live at Massey Hall.
Presented by TD
Supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation
Deane Cameron, President and CEO of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall discusses the magic of Massey Hall. www.masseyhall.com/revitalization
The Music in this video is used by permission, courtesy of Whitehorse/Six Shooter Records
Massey Hall is a performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto. The theatre was originally designed to seat 3,500 patrons, but after extensive renovations in the 1940s it now seats up to 2,765.
Massey Hall was built to fill the need for a secular meeting place where people from Toronto and area could meet and enjoy choral music not of a religious theme. It was designed with a neoclassical facade, and features moorish arches that span the width of the interior hall. This interior was inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Spain as well as Louis Sullivan’s Chicago Auditorium and Opera house. The exterior neoclassical facade was a preference voiced from Lillian, Hart Massey's daughter.
How many times has the Massey HallConcert (Toronto, 1953) been described that way? For the average All About Jazz reader, Massey Hall happened before he or she was born ... The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings .