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The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker

1959 studio album by Max Roach

The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks associated with Charlie Parker recorded in late 1957 and 1958 and released on the EmArcy label.[1] It is also the first album to feature Roach playing without a piano.

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Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this set is generally fine although the lack of a piano is really felt on some of this material".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated

  1. "Yardbird Suite" - 3:55
  2. "Confirmation" - 4:28
  3. "Ko-Ko" - 7:59
  4. "Billie's Bounce" - 5:37
  5. "Au Privave" - 4:19
  6. "Parker's Mood" - 8:23
  7. "Raoul" (Max Roach) - 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Tune-Up" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - 7:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Anthropology (Thriving on a Riff)" (Dizzy Gillespie, Parker) - 5:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Fine Recording in New York City on December 20, 1957 (tracks 7-9), December 23, 1957 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 10) and at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios in New York City on April 11, 1958 (tracks 3, 4 & 6)

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Max Roach discography accessed September 20, 2012
  2. [2]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 20, 2012
  3. [3]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. [4]
    Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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