MAX ROACH We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (2006 UK/EU reissue of the groundbreaking 1961 5-track LP, originally released on Candid Records. A powerful and politically-charged avant-garde jazz suite composed in collaboration with lyricist Oscar Brown Jr., the album stands as an essential statement on the African-American civil rights movement and remains one of Max Roach's most celebrated and ambitious works. Featuring a stellar cast of players including the incendiary vocals of Abbey Lincoln, tenor saxophone from Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton, Julian Priester on trombone, Booker Little on trumpet, and James Schenck on bass, with an expanded percussion ensemble including the legendary Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji on congas. Tracks such as Driva’ Man, Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace, and Tears For Johannesburg blend fierce rhythmic innovation with stark, emotional intensity. Housed in a high-quality picture sleeve with catalogue insert and reproducing the original artwork with extensive sleeve notes printed on the reverse. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl appears barely played, remaining in stunning Near Mint condition CS9002) more...
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MAX ROACH Members, Don't Git Weary (2023 UK/EU limited edition 6-track MONO LP pressed on 180-gram Heavyweight Vinyl, remastered from the original tape by Bernie Grundman - This 1968 album from the American jazz drummer was recorded across two days on 25th & 26th June 1968 in New York City and is now reissued from the Gilles Peterson curated series from the Warner Atlantic Records archive. The picture sleeve has sleevenotes by WLIB-FM's Ed Williams printed on the back and comes with the fold-out picture insert with additional notes by Charles Tolliver & Gary Bartz plus the custom-printed barcode obi-strip) more...
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MAX ROACH We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Sealed 2022 US 5-track stereo CD, first released in 1961, remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original master tapes, also starring the likes of Abbey Lincoln, Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton, Julian Priester, Booker Little & more. Comes housed in a mini-LP gatefold picture sleeve, sealed from new in the hype stickered shrinkwrap CCD30022) more...
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MAX ROACH Max Roach + 4 & More (1984 Japanese-only 7-track vinyl LP, featuring the March 18-20th & December 20-23 sessions from 1957 [Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker album era, mono & stereo]. Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Bill Wallace & George Morrow all star. Glossy pasted sleeve with Japanese insert & obi-strip 195J-39) more...
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