To the Max!
1992 studio album by Max Roach
To the Max! | ||||
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Studio album by Max Roach | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | September 15 & November 30, 1990, April 29 and June 15, 24–25, 1991, Paris, France, Buffalo, NY, Northampton, MA, Astoria NY and New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 95:56 | |||
Label | Enja ENJ 7021/22 | |||
Producer | Max Roach | |||
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To the Max! is a double album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1990 and 1991 and released on the Enja label.[1] The album features Roach with various ensembles and combines live and studio recordings that celebrate Roach's diverse musical output.
Reception
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Allmusic | [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ and its review by Scott Yanow states, "The music, which crosses quite a few boundaries, is consistently fascinating and forms a definitive portrait of the ageless drummer's wide musical interests in the early '90s."[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
- Disc one
- "Ghost Dance (PT. I)" – 14:50
- "Ghost Dance (PT. II) – 9:32
- "Ghost Dance (PT. III) – 6:19
- "A Quiet Place" – 3:51
- "The Profit" – 3:40
- "Tears" – 6:50
- "Self Portrait" – 4:02
- Recorded at Rev'O Jazz, Paris, on September 15, 1990 (track 7), Clinton Recording Studios, New York on June 15, 1991 (tracks 1 & 3), Master Sound Astoria, New York on June 24, 1991 (tracks 2 & 4) and The Power Station, New York on June 25, 1991 (tracks 5 & 6)
- Disc two
- "A Little Booker" – 21:03
- "Street Dance" – 5:21
- "Tricotism" (Oscar Pettiford) – 3:17
- "Mwalimu" (Odean Pope) – 16:33
- "Drums Unlimited" – 4:38
- Recorded at Rev'O Jazz, Paris, on September 15, 1990 (track 5), The Marquee at the Tralf, Buffalo, New York on November 30, 1990 (track 3), The Iron Horse, Northampton, Massachusetts on April 29, 1991 (track 4), Master Sound Astoria, New York on June 24, 1991 (track 2) and The Power Station, New York on June 25, 1991 (track 1)
Personnel
- Max Roach – drums, percussion
- Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet (tracks: 1–5, 1–6, 2–1, 2–3, 2–4)
- Odean Pope – tenor saxophone (tracks: 1–5, 1–6, 2–1, 2–3, 2–4)
- Tyrone Brown – electric bass (tracks: 1–5, 1–6, 2–1, 2–3, 2–4)
- George Cables – piano (tracks: 1-1, 1–3)
- Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Eli Fountain, Fred King, Ray Mantilla, Francisco Mora, Warren Smith – percussion (tracks: 1–2, 1–4, 2–2)
- Diane Monroe, Lesa Terry – violin (tracks: 1-1, 1–3, 2–1)
- Maxine Roach – viola (tracks: 1-1, 1–3, 2–1)
- Eileen Folson – cello (tracks: 1-1, 1–3, 2–1)
- Robbin L. Balfour, Priscilla Baskerville, Ronell Bey, James Gainer, Florence Jackson, Karen Jackson, Lucille J. Jacobsen, Greg Jones, T. Ray Lawrence, John Motley, Christopher Pickens, Sarah Ann Rodgers, Abraham Shelton, Brenda Lee Taub, Thomas Young – vocals (tracks: 1-1, 1–3)
References
- ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 25, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 25, 2012
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- The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
- 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)
- The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964)
- Drums Unlimited (1965)
- Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
- Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973)
- 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)
- Clifford Brown All Stars (1954)
- Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954–55)
- Daahoud (1954)
- Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
- Clifford Brown with Strings (1955)
- Study in Brown (1955)
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
- Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)