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Clifford Brown And Max Roach

by: Max Roach Clifford Brown

Release Date March 13, 2000
this is my favourite of all Clifford Brown's albums - as always his sound has soul, style, grace, and depth, and so do the compositions

love every track on here... great way to spend a morning with a coffee this and some of mother nature's finest

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Complete 1958-1959

by: Max Roach

Release Date September 22, 2008
this is my favourite of all Clifford Brown's albums - as always his sound has soul, style, grace, and depth, and so do the compositions

love every track on here... great way to spend a morning with a coffee this and some of mother nature's finest

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Drums Unlimited: Remastered

by: Max Roach

Release Date May 03, 2004
this is my favourite of all Clifford Brown's albums - as always his sound has soul, style, grace, and depth, and so do the compositions

love every track on here... great way to spend a morning with a coffee this and some of mother nature's finest

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Freedom Now Suite

by: Max Roach

Release Date October 01, 1999
This is a very heavy hard bop album and is well worth a listen. It is a concious offering and is very dark in places. There are several sections where Max and Abbey Lincoln get to stretch out on their own and the dynamics and interaction between the two musicians is sublime. The opening track (driva' Man) sets the scene with Abbey Lincoln singing from the perspective of a slave and her relationship with the slave driver. Colman Hawkins is on fire, playing a solo full of soul and lyricism. Freedom Day is a hectic hard bop offering delivered in triple time and again shows Mr Roach's melodic style. Triptych is a piece that is on the more experimental tip where Abbey Lincoln expresses the feeling of a generation dealing with the ... Read More:

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Brown and Roach Incorporated

by: Clifford Brown, Max Roach

Release Date July 01, 1994
This is a very heavy hard bop album and is well worth a listen. It is a concious offering and is very dark in places. There are several sections where Max and Abbey Lincoln get to stretch out on their own and the dynamics and interaction between the two musicians is sublime. The opening track (driva' Man) sets the scene with Abbey Lincoln singing from the perspective of a slave and her relationship with the slave driver. Colman Hawkins is on fire, playing a solo full of soul and lyricism. Freedom Day is a hectic hard bop offering delivered in triple time and again shows Mr Roach's melodic style. Triptych is a piece that is on the more experimental tip where Abbey Lincoln expresses the feeling of a generation dealing with the ... Read More:

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Jazz In Paris: Parisian Sketches

by: Max Roach

Release Date February 25, 2003
This is a very heavy hard bop album and is well worth a listen. It is a concious offering and is very dark in places. There are several sections where Max and Abbey Lincoln get to stretch out on their own and the dynamics and interaction between the two musicians is sublime. The opening track (driva' Man) sets the scene with Abbey Lincoln singing from the perspective of a slave and her relationship with the slave driver. Colman Hawkins is on fire, playing a solo full of soul and lyricism. Freedom Day is a hectic hard bop offering delivered in triple time and again shows Mr Roach's melodic style. Triptych is a piece that is on the more experimental tip where Abbey Lincoln expresses the feeling of a generation dealing with the ... Read More:

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Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street

by: Clifford Brown Max Roach

Release Date October 14, 2002
This is a very heavy hard bop album and is well worth a listen. It is a concious offering and is very dark in places. There are several sections where Max and Abbey Lincoln get to stretch out on their own and the dynamics and interaction between the two musicians is sublime. The opening track (driva' Man) sets the scene with Abbey Lincoln singing from the perspective of a slave and her relationship with the slave driver. Colman Hawkins is on fire, playing a solo full of soul and lyricism. Freedom Day is a hectic hard bop offering delivered in triple time and again shows Mr Roach's melodic style. Triptych is a piece that is on the more experimental tip where Abbey Lincoln expresses the feeling of a generation dealing with the ... Read More:

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Deeds, Not Words

by: Max Roach

Release Date July 01, 1991
This is a very heavy hard bop album and is well worth a listen. It is a concious offering and is very dark in places. There are several sections where Max and Abbey Lincoln get to stretch out on their own and the dynamics and interaction between the two musicians is sublime. The opening track (driva' Man) sets the scene with Abbey Lincoln singing from the perspective of a slave and her relationship with the slave driver. Colman Hawkins is on fire, playing a solo full of soul and lyricism. Freedom Day is a hectic hard bop offering delivered in triple time and again shows Mr Roach's melodic style. Triptych is a piece that is on the more experimental tip where Abbey Lincoln expresses the feeling of a generation dealing with the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite

by: Max Roach

Release Date January 01, 1988
This album is a classic, no question. It's more than music, it's a proud expression of identity, and a cry for freedom as the title suggests.

What could be a difficult album, about the painful past and present of African-Americans in the early 1960s, is actually a defiant expression of self and a joy to listen to. Max Roach plays irregular time signatures with more fluency than Dave Brubeck, and Abbey Lincoln's vocals are strong and haunting. You can't keep still when you hear those rhythms, and you can't hold back the tears when you really listen to the lyrics.

I can't recommend this album enough.

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Birth and Rebirth

by: Max Roach

Release Date August 18, 2003
This album is a classic, no question. It's more than music, it's a proud expression of identity, and a cry for freedom as the title suggests.

What could be a difficult album, about the painful past and present of African-Americans in the early 1960s, is actually a defiant expression of self and a joy to listen to. Max Roach plays irregular time signatures with more fluency than Dave Brubeck, and Abbey Lincoln's vocals are strong and haunting. You can't keep still when you hear those rhythms, and you can't hold back the tears when you really listen to the lyrics.

I can't recommend this album enough.