Max_Roach-The_Complete_Mercury_Max_Roach_Plus_Four_Sessions-7CD-2000-MTD

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2008-10-31

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Max Roach  - The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions

ARTIST.....: Max Roach
TITLE......: The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions
LABEL......: Mosaic
URL........: http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfixqw0ld0e

RIP DATE...: Oct-13-2008
STORE DATE.: 000-00-2000
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR  /  44.1Hz  /  Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 671,3 MB


Track Listing:

     cd1

01 - Mr. X                                      05:18
02 - Body and Soul                              06:54
03 - Just One of Those Things                   07:21
04 - Ezz-Thetic                                 09:22
05 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World       07:08
06 - Woody 'N' You                              06:55
07 - Dr. Free-Zee                               02:10
08 - I'll Take Romance                          04:36
09 - It Don't Mean a Thing                      04:45
     (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
10 - Blues Waltz                                06:37
11 - Love Letters                               08:56

     cd2

01 - Little Folks                               05:40
02 - Minor Trouble                              07:01
03 - Valse Hot                                  14:26
04 - Lover                                      06:19
05 - Raoul                                      04:50
06 - This Time The Dream's On Me                05:21
07 - Tune Up                                    07:47
08 - Confirmation                               04:30
09 - Au Privave                                 04:20
10 - Anthropology                               04:28
11 - Yardbird Suite                             03:53

     cd3

01 - Billie's Bounce                            05:38
02 - Ko-Ko                                      07:59
03 - Parker's Mood                              08:26
04 - Shirley                                    06:34
05 - My Old Flame                               03:37
06 - Sporty                                     05:50
07 - Stella By Starlight                        04:20
08 - Stompin' At The Savoy                      02:53
09 - Memo- To Maurice                           07:36
10 - Shirley (Mono)                             06:41
11 - My Old Flame (Mono)                        03:41
12 - Memo- To Maurice (Mono)                    07:48
13 - Stompin' At The Savoy (Mono)               00:54

     cd4

01 - Spoken Intro By Max Roach                  02:33
02 - La Villa                                   06:19
03 - A Night In Tunisia                         08:20
04 - Deeds, Not Words                           04:28
05 - Minor Mode                                 05:30
06 - Tune Up                                    05:26
07 - Love For Sale                              10:00
08 - Prelude                                    05:11
09 - Lepa                                       02:11
10 - Connie's Bounce                            05:21
11 - A Little Sweet                             03:09
12 - Tympanalli                                 04:56
13 - Bemsha Swing                               05:30
14 - There's No You                             05:42

     cd5

01 - Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)            04:12
02 - The Casbah                                 05:02
03 - Sleep                                      03:23
04 - Figure Eights                              04:32
05 - Yesterdays                                 05:43
06 - Big Foot                                   05:06
07 - Limehouse Blues                            03:47
08 - Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye               04:00
09 - You're Mine, You                           02:46
10 - Come Rain Or Come Shine                    03:22
11 - Wild In The Wind                           03:20
12 - Speak Low                                  02:54
13 - I Concentrate On You                       04:57
14 - Moon-Faced And Starry-Eyed                 02:58
15 - Never Let Me Go                            03:07
16 - Namely You                                 02:56
17 - Never Leave Me                             06:52
18 - You're My Thrill                           03:41

     cd6

01 - Limehouse Blues                            03:59
02 - The Casbah                                 04:31
03 - Big Foot (First Alterate Take)             05:04
04 - Big Foot (Second Alterate Take)            05:16
05 - Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)            04:25
     (Alterate Take)
06 - Speak Low (First Alterate Take)            02:09
07 - Speak Low (Second Alterate Take)           02:53
08 - Never Let Me Go (First Alterate Take)      03:11
09 - Never Let Me Go (Second Alterate Take)     03:15
10 - Come Rain Or Come Shine                    03:04
     (First Alterate Take)
11 - Come Rain Or Come Shine                    03:14
     (Second Alterate Take)
12 - Wild Is The Wind (Alterate Take)           03:21
13 - You're Mine, You (First Alterate Take)     03:15
14 - You're Mine, You (Second Alterate Take)    02:53
15 - You'r Mine, You (Third Alterate Take)      02:55
16 - I Concentrate On You (Alterate Take)       04:51
17 - Never Leave Me (Alterate Take)             06:44

     cd7

01 - Quiet As It's Kept                         06:13
02 - To Lady                                    06:09
03 - Lotus Blossom                              05:36
04 - As Long As You're Living                   05:59
05 - The More I See You                         04:05
06 - Juliano                                    05:45
07 - Parisian Sketches                          17:12
08 - Nica                                       04:49
09 - Petit Dejeuner                             04:07
10 - Un Nouveau Complet                         03:25
11 - Liberte                                    06:25

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                                                cd1: 70:02 cd2: 68:35 cd3: 71:57 cd4: 74:36 cd5: 72:38 cd6: 65:00 cd7: 69:45
Release Notes:

This seven-CD box set features 95 tracks from legendary drummer
Max Roach's small group, consisting of the 1956-1960 recordings
for Emarcy and Mercury Records, as these noteworthy sessions also
represent the drummer's post Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet
output. In 1956 the jazz world witnessed the tragic and untimely
deaths of the great trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Ritchie
Powell. Within these seven CDs, we find Roach maintaining his
assault on jazz along with trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Ray
Bryant, and the drummer's bandmates from the Clifford Brown years,
tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins and bassist George Morrow.
Jazz aficionados will find a wealth of fantastic music here, as
Roach also employed renowned artists such as tenor saxophonists
Hank Mobley, Stanley Turrentine, and George Coleman, along with
trumpeter Booker Little and many others of note. Essentially,
Mosaic Records continues to excel in the reissue department, as
they seemingly take great pains to portray or perhaps enhance the
original LP recordings for modern day audiophiles and jazz
connoisseurs. This collection also includes extensive annotations,
biographies of the artists, interviews, recollections, and
categorical documentation of the sessions presented in a matrix
format. Here, the listener is treated to hard bop renditions of
Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce" and "Koko," where trumpeter
Kenny Dorham and tenor saxophonist George Coleman trade vicious,
fierce fours, as the various aggregations and ensembles also
tackle standards and originals. The infamous union of Max Roach
and Buddy Rich originally titled, "Roach vs. Rich" presents an
added bonus to this all encompassing package, as these works are
further enhanced by Gigi Gryce's bold, fiery arrangements along
with the addition of 14 previously unreleased alternate takes.
Simply stated, Roach and Rich perform via a firebrand approach as
the musician's distinct styles provide contrast and symmetry to
Gryce's radiant horn charts. Basically, these pieces offer a
glimpse of two masters/innovators whose respective techniques have
often been imitated yet never duplicated. Suffice to state, Rich's
blazing speed and unfathomable dexterity counterbalances Roach's
complex, melodically constructed rolls, impeccable timing and bop
-induced fills. Hence, the two are remarkable as they reciprocate
impossibly fast motifs with cataclysmic fury. Overall, this 2000
release should be deemed required listening for astute observers
of late-50's bebop and the continuing evolution of modern jazz.
Highly recommended!

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