Max Roach – Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)

Impulse! A-8Rec. Dates : August 1 / 3 / 8 / 9, 1961Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachAlto Sax : Eric DolphyBass : Art DavisBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyPercussion : Carlos “Patato” Valdés, Carlos EugenioPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Booker LittleVocals : Abbey Lincoln Cashbox : 10/21/1961 Solidly embarked on a wave of music-for-freedom (initially established

Art Blakey – Orgy In Rhythm, Volume Two (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1555Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Drums : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Art Taylor, Charles “Specs” WrightBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Herbie MannPercussion: “Sabú” Martinez, Carlos “Patato” Valdés, José Valiente, Ubaldo Nieto, Evelio QuinteroPiano : Ray BryantVocals : Art Blakey, “Sabú” Martinez Strictlyheadies : 03/05/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/28/1957Score of 77 A percussion set that leans to the primitive. Generally explosive and exciting,

Art Blakey – Orgy in Rhythm, Volume One (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1554Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Drums : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Art Taylor, Charles “Specs” WrightBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Herbie MannPercussion: “Sabú” Martinez, Carlos “Patato” Valdés, José Valiente, Ubaldo Nieto, Evelio QunteroPiano : Ray BryantVocals : Art Blakey, “Sabú” Martinez Strictlyheadies : 03/04/2019Stream this Album Audio : August, 1957Charles A. Robertson An exuberant drummer who chafes under the restrictions of the ordinary

Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1535Rec. Dates : January 30, 1955, March 29, 1955 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Percy Heath, Oscar PettifordCongas : Carlos ValdésCowbell : Richie GoldbergDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 02/12/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 73 Title is only half true, for one side of this collection