Released 1959 Release date 1959 | Length 56:36 Label PolyGram | |
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Recorded December 23, 1957 and April 11, 1958New York City Similar Max Roach albums, Jazz albums |
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. It is also the first album to feature Roach playing without a piano.
Contents
Reception
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".
Track listing
All compositions by Charlie Parker except as indicated
- "Yardbird Suite" - 3:55
- "Confirmation" - 4:28
- "Ko-Ko" - 7:59
- "Billie's Bounce" - 5:37
- "Au Privave" - 4:19
- "Parker's Mood" - 8:23
- "Raoul" (Max Roach) - 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Tune-Up" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - 7:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Anthropology (Thriving on a Riff)" (Dizzy Gillespie, Parker) - 5:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Songs
1Yardbird Suite3:56
2Confirmation4:28
3Koko7:59
References
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA