Max Roach Chorus and Orchestra – It’s Time (1962)

Impulse! A-16Rec. Dates : February 15-26-27, 1962Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Art DavisConductor : Coleridge PerkinsonPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Richard WilliamsVocals : Abbey Lincoln16-member chorus Billboard : 08/18/1962Four Stars Angry jazz with a civil rights message is carved out here by Max Roach with chorus and ork, with all of the music composed by

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

Max Roach – Jazz in 3/4 Time (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36108Rec. Dates : October 12, 1956, March 18, 1957, March 20, 1957, March 21, 1957Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Ray Bryant, Bill WallaceTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Billboard : 10/14/1957Spotlight on… selection New idea in jazz sets has all the selections in waltz tempos. This in no way limits Roach from

Clifford Brown – Clifford Brown All-Stars (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36102Rec. Date : August 11, 1954Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Clifford BrownAlto Sax : Herb Geller, Joe MainiBass : Curtis CounceDrums : Max RoachPiano : Kenny DrewTenor Sax : Walter Benton Billboard : 05/06/1957Score of 75 Package should move with dealers who cater to modern jazz clientele, for Brown‘s recent death has created demand for his recorded efforts. Set

Max Roach – Plus Four (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36098Rec. Dates : September 17, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Ray BryantTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Audio : July, 1957Charles A. Robertson This is the first record made by the Max Roach Quintet since the tragic deaths in an automobile accident last summer of Clifford Brown and Richie Powell, though

Clifford Brown and Max Roach – At Basin Street (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36070Rec. Date : January 4, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Billboard : 08/11/1956Spotlight on… selection The erstwhile team has made the best-selling list before, and this new issue could be the best of all their disk efforts. Here one may realize the

Charles Mingus – Mingus At The Bohemia (1956)

Debut – DEB-123Rec. Date : December 23, 1955Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusDrums : Willie Jones, Max RoachPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : George BarrowTrombone : Eddie Bert San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 08/19/1956 … Here Mingus is joined by Eddie Bert on trombone, George Barrow on tenor, Mal Waldron on piano and Willie Jones on drums for five very fine tracks of modern jazz. But as a special added

Clifford Brown and Max Roach – Study in Brown (1955)

EmArcy – MG 36037Rec. Dates : February 23, 1955, February 24, 1955, February 25, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Harold Land Down Beat : 01/11/1956Nat Hentoff : 4 stars Study in Brown is another powerfully rhythmic, emotionally driving session by this vibrant quintet whose leaders are its chief

Clifford Brown / Max Roach – Brown and Roach Incorporated (1955)

EmArcy – MG-36008Rec. Dates : August 2, 3, 5 & 6 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Harold Land Minneapolis SpokesmanJ. Henry Randall : 06/24/1955 New albums in the modern vein occupied our attention this week, and we hasten to say, they are of the stuff that

Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-258Rec. Dates : February 27, 1958, March 7, 1958Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Max Roach Billboard : 07/14/1958Special Merit Jazz Album Freedom Suite represents Rollins‘ first entry into extended composition. Actually, the suite is a form of theme and variations. One blues-like theme is expanded upon in several melodic and