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Released
  
1958

Length
  
50:40

Artist
  
Booker Little

Label
  
United Artists Records

Recorded
  
October, 1958

Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
  
Booker Little (1960)

Release date
  
1958

Genre
  
Jazz

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Similar
  
Booker Little albums, Jazz albums

Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (also released as The Defiant Ones) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Overall, this forward-looking hard bop set is easily recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Little except as indicated
  1. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 5:33
  2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 4:13
  3. "Rounder's Mood" - 5:19
  4. "Dungeon Waltz" - 4:27
  5. "Jewel's Tempo" - 6:35
  6. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:40
  7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 10:44
  8. "Blue 'n Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 8:09
  • Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City in October, 1958.

    • Personnel

  • Booker Little - trumpet
  • George Coleman - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Strozier - alto sax (#7-8)
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Art Davis - bass
  • Max Roach - drums, timpani, vibraphone

    • References

    Booker Little 4 and Max Roach Wikipedia
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