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Survivors (Max Roach album)

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Released
  
1984

Survivors (1984)
  
Easy Winners (1985)

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
Black Saint

Length
  
42:37

Artist
  
Max Roach

Producer
  
Max Roach

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 19, 20 & 21, 1984

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Survivors is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1984 for the Italian Soul Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "this serves as a powerful reminder of why Roach's drumming was so strong and visceral even in his older years, and how fertile his imagination continued to be".

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
  1. "Survivors" (Peter Phillips, Max Roach) - 21:28
  2. "The Third Eye" - 2:10
  3. "Billy the Kid" - 2:57
  4. "JasMe" - 3:37
  5. "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:18
  6. "Sassy Max (Self Portrait)" - 3:20
  7. "The Smoke That Thunders" - 5:47
  • Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on October 19, 20 & 21, 1984

    • Personnel

  • Max Roach - drums, percussion
  • Guillermo Figueroa, Donald Bauch - violin (track 1)
  • Louise Schulman - viola (track 1)
  • Christopher Finckel - cello (track 1)

    • Songs

    1Survivors21:30
    2The Third Eye2:12
    3Billy the Kid3:02

    References

    Survivors (Max Roach album) Wikipedia
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