Modern Jazz Trumpets Earlier in the same day, before his session at Prestige, Davis had also recorded a session as a sideman with Charlie Parker, for Verve Records, found on the Parker album "Swedish Schnapps". The Miles Davis tracks, including "Blue Room", were also released on two 78rpm singles. "Blue Room" would later be part of Davis' second 10"LP "Blue Period" (PRLP 140), and all four tracks would be re-released on the 12"LP "Miles Davis and Horns" (PRLP 7025), after the 10" format was discontinued. Modern Jazz Trumpets Modern Jazz Trumpets is an album released by Prestige in 1951 with music by four
Jazz at Massey Hall Jazz at Massey Hall Jazz at Massey Hall is a live jazz album 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. The first pianist considered by the organizers was Lennie Tristano, but he suggested Powell as a more appropriate match for the other musicians.