Max Roach

 

Artist:  Max Roach
Birth Name:  Maxwell Lemuel Roach
Born:  January 10, 1924.  Pasquotank County, North Carolina, USA
Died:  August 16, 2007 (Aged 83).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Drum Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Drums, Percussion, Piano

Max Roach was an American Jazz Drummer and Composer.  A pioneer of Bebop, he worked in many other styles of music.  He worked with many famous Jazz Musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious  Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy and many more!.  He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall Of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall Of Fame in 1992.

Title:  Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series) (2025) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Drum Jazz

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Garvey's Ghost (7:55)

 2.  Mama (4:50)

 3.  Tender Warriors (6:54)

Side Two:

 1.  Praise For A Martyr (7:13)

 2.  Mendacity (8:56)

 3.  Man From South Africa (5:15)

Personnel:

Max Roach:  Drums, Percussion

Booker Little:  Trumpet

Julian Priester:  Trombone

Eric Dolphy:  Alto Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet

Clifford Jordan:  Tenor Saxophone

Mal Waldron:  Piano

Art Davis:  Double Bass

Carlos "Patalo" Valdes:  Congas on Tracks:  1/1, 3, 2/3

Eugenio "Totico" Arango:  Cowbell on Tracks:  1/1, 3, 2/3

Abbey Lincoln:  Vocals o n Tracks:  1/1, 2/2

Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by Max Roach, originally released in 1981 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on December 12, 2025 by Impulse!.  Pressed on 180 Gram Vinyl.