The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
| The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker | ||||
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| Studio album by Max Roach | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded |
December 23, 1957 and April 11, 1958 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:36 | |||
| Label |
EmArcy MG 36127 | |||
| Max Roach chronology | ||||
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The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks associated with Charlie Parker recorded in late 1957 and 1958 and released on the EmArcy label.[1] It is also the first album to feature Roach playing without a piano.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this set is generally fine although the lack of a piano is really felt on some of this material".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated
- "Yardbird Suite" - 3:55
- "Confirmation" - 4:28
- "Ko-Ko" - 7:59
- "Billie's Bounce" - 5:37
- "Au Privave" - 4:19
- "Parker's Mood" - 8:23
- "Raoul" (Max Roach) - 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Tune-Up" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - 7:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Anthropology (Thriving on a Riff)" (Dizzy Gillespie, Parker) - 5:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Fine Recording in New York City on December 20, 1957 (tracks 7-9), December 23, 1957 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 10) and at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios in New York City on April 11, 1958 (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
Personnel
- Max Roach - drums
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet
- George Coleman (tracks 3, 4 & 6), Hank Mobley (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7-10) - tenor saxophone
- Nelson Boyd (tracks 3, 4 & 6), George Morrow (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7-10) - bass
References
- ↑ Max Roach discography accessed September 20, 2012
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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