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:  We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (2022)

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

Label:  Candid Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Driva Man (5:17)

 2.  Freedom Day (6:08)

 3.  Triptych Prayer/Protest/Peace (8:09)

Side B:

 1.  All Africa (8:01)

 2.  Tears For Johannesburg (9:42)

Personnel:

Max Roach:  Drums

Abbey Lincoln:  Vocals

Booker Little:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A1, A2, B1, B2

Julian Priester:  Trombone on Tracks:  A1, A2, B2

Waler Benton:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  A1, A2, B2

Coleman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone on Track A1

James Schenk:  Bass on Tracks:  A1, A2, B2

Michael Olatunji:  Congas, Vocals on Tracks:  B1, B2

Raymond Mantilla:  Percussion on Tracks:  B1, B2

Tomas du Vall:   Percussion on Tracks:  B1, B2

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is an album by Max Roach, Candid Records, featuring Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins and more!.  180 Gram Vinyl.