Drums Unlimited
1966 studio album by Max Roach
Drums Unlimited | ||||
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Studio album by Max Roach | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | October 14 & 20, 1965 and April 25, 1966 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:27 | |||
Label | Atlantic LP 1467 | |||
Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
Max Roach chronology | ||||
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Drums Unlimited is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1965 and 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Tom Hull | B+ ()[5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "essentially advanced hard-bop with a generous amount of space taken up by Roach's drum solos... because of the melodic and logically-planned nature of his improvisations, they continually hold on to one's attention".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
- "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:34
- "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 12:43
- "Drums Unlimited" - 4:23
- "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) - 5:22
- "For Big Sid" - 3:04
- "In the Red (A Christmas Carol)" - 12:21
- Recorded in New York on October 14, 1965 (tracks 1 & 4), October 20, 1965 (tracks 2 & 6) and April 25, 1966 (tracks 3 & 5)
Personnel
- Max Roach - drums
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet (tracks 2, 4, & 6)
- Roland Alexander - soprano saxophone (track 4)
- James Spaulding - alto saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
- Ronnie Mathews - piano (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
- Jymie Merritt - bass (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
References
- ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
- Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
- Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
- MAX (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
- Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
- Deeds, Not Words (1958)
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959)
- The Many Sides of Max (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- We Insist! (1960)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
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- Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978)
- Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979)
- M'Boom (1979)
- One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979)
- Pictures in a Frame (1979)
- The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979)
- In the Light (1982)
- Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
- Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
- It's Christmas Again (1984)
- Scott Free (1984)
- Survivors (1984)
- Easy Winners (1985)
- Bright Moments (1986)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989)
- To the Max! (1990–91)
- Best Coast Jazz (1954)
- Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
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- Daahoud (1954)
- Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
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