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! Freedom Now Suite (Limited Colored Edition) (2025)

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

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Drive Man (5:17)

 2.  Freedom Day (6:08)

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

 4.  Prelude (Bonus Track) (5:06)

Side B:

 1.  All Africa (8:01)

 2.  Tears For Johannesburg (9:42)

 3.  Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah (Bonus Track) (7:01)

Personnel:

Max Roach:  Drums

Abbey Lincoln:  Vocas

Booker Little:  Trumpet on Tracks:  A2, B2

Julian Priester: Trombone on Tracks:  A1, 1, B2

Walter Benton:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  A1, 2, B3

Coleman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone on Track A1

James Schenk:  Bass on Tracks:  A1, 2, B2

Michael Olatunji:  Congas, Vocals on Side B

Raymond Mantilla:  Percussion on Side B

Tomas Du Vall:  Percussion on Side B

Bonus Tracks:

Side A, Track 4:

Max Roach:  Drums

Art Davis:   Bass

Booker Little: Trumpet

Julian Priester:  Trombone

George Coleman:  Tenor Saxophone

Side B, Track 3:

Max Roach:  Drums

Peck Morrison:  Bass

Kenny Dorham:   Trumpet

Benny Bailey:  Trumpet

Julian Priester:  Trombone

Walter Benton:  Tenor Saxophone

Cecil Payne:  Baritone Saxophone

We Insist! Freedom Now Suite is an album by Max Roach, originally released on December 1960 by Candid, remastered and reissued on August 8, 2025 by 20th Century Masterworks.  Limited Edition 180 Gram, Yellow Colored Vinyl.