Max Roach + 4

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FieldValue
nameMax Roach + 4
typestudio
artistMax Roach
cover5244roach.jpg
releasedOctober 12, 1956
recordedSeptember 17, 19 & 20, 1956
New York City
genreJazz, hard bop
length37:38
labelEmArcy
MG 36098
producerBob Shad
chronologyMax Roach
prev_titleClifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street
prev_year1956
next_titleJazz in ¾ Time
next_year1956-57
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| name = Max Roach + 4 | type = studio | artist = Max Roach | cover = 5244roach.jpg | alt = | released = October 12, 1956 | recorded = September 17, 19 & 20, 1956 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz, hard bop | length = 37:38 | label = EmArcy MG 36098 | producer = Bob Shad | chronology = Max Roach | prev_title = Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street | prev_year = 1956 | next_title = Jazz in ¾ Time | next_year = 1956-57

Max Roach + 4 is an LP recorded by jazz drummer Max Roach, which featured Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Ray Bryant on piano, and George Morrow on bass. It was the first album Roach recorded after his collaborators, trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell, died in a car crash in June 1956.

Reception

| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 169 | rev3 = DownBeat | rev3score = | rev9 = Tom Hull | rev9Score = A− Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "worthy set". Don Gold praised the album, commenting on the replacement of Brown with Dorham that "Dorham is more than merely competent, apart from comparison with Clifford, and could, however, become more of an inspirational factor within the group in time."

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

  1. "Ezz-Thetic" (George Russell) – 9:18
  2. "Dr. Free-Zee" – 2:06
  3. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 7:18
  4. "Mr X." – 5:15
  5. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 6:50
  6. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:51
  7. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 8:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Minor Trouble" (Ray Bryant) - 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded in New York City on September 17 (tracks 3–5) and September 19 (tracks 1, 2 & 6), 1956 and at Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California on March 18 (tracks 7 & 8) and March 20 (track 9), 1957

Personnel

References

References

  1. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#emarcy-mg-36098 Max Roach discography] accessed September 21, 2012
  2. Hull, Tom. (June 2, 2020). "Music Week".
  3. Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/max-roach-four-mw0000192403 Allmusic Review] accessed September 21, 2012
  4. Gold, Don. (May 1957). "Jazz Records". [[DownBeat]].

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