1956 studio album by Max Roach
Max Roach + 4 is an LP recorded by jazz drummer Max Roach, which featured Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Ray Bryant on piano, and George Morrow on bass.[1] It was the first album Roach recorded after his collaborators, trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell, died in a car crash in June 1956.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "worthy set".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
- "Ezz-Thetic" (George Russell) – 9:18
- "Dr. Free-Zee" – 2:06
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 7:18
- "Mr X." – 5:15
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 6:50
- "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:51
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 8:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Minor Trouble" (Ray Bryant) - 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded in New York City on September 17 (tracks 3-5) and September 19 (tracks 1, 2 & 6), 1956 and at Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California on March 18 (tracks 7 & 8) and March 20 (tracks 9), 1957
Personnel
References
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Albums |
- The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
- Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
- Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
- MAX (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
- Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
- Deeds, Not Words (1958)
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959)
- The Many Sides of Max (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- We Insist! (1960)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
- The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964)
- Drums Unlimited (1965)
- Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
- Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973)
- Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978)
- Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979)
- M'Boom (1979)
- One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979)
- Pictures in a Frame (1979)
- The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979)
- In the Light (1982)
- Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
- Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
- It's Christmas Again (1984)
- Scott Free (1984)
- Survivors (1984)
- Easy Winners (1985)
- Bright Moments (1986)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989)
- To the Max! (1990–91)
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With others |
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
- The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956)
- Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
- At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- K.B. Blues (1957 [1979])
- Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
- A New Perspective (1963)
- Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966)
- Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967)
- Dial "S" for Sonny (Sonny Clark, 1957)
- My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis, 1961)
- In Person Friday and Saturday Nights
at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961)
- Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
- This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
- Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
- Farmer's Market (Art Farmer, 1956)
- The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
- Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (Grant Green, 1965)
- A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
- My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1963)
- Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
- Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard, 1960)
- Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955)
- Together! (Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones, 1961)
- Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966)
- I Wanna Talk About You (Tete Montoliu, 1980)
- Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
- Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
- Charisma (1966)
- The Rajah (1966)
- Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957)
- Star Bright (Dizzy Reece, 1959)
- The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Good Move! (Freddie Roach 1963)
- The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957)
- MAX (Max Roach, 1958)
- Yasmina, a Black Woman (Archie Shepp, 1969)
- Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969)
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55)
- Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
- 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
- The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)
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