Speak, Brother, Speak!
1963 live album by Max Roach
Speak, Brother, Speak! Released 1963 Recorded October 27, 1962 Venue The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California Genre Jazz Length 45 :33 Label Fantasy LP 6007
Speak, Brother, Speak! live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released by the Fantasy label.[ 1]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "The music is somewhere between hard bop and the avant-garde, and the musicians really push each other, although the results are not quite essential. Clifford Jordan fans in particular will find this to be an interesting set".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
"Speak, Brother, Speak" (Clifford Jordan, Eddie Khan, Max Roach, Mal Waldron) - 25:03
"A Variation" - 20:30
Personnel
References
^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
^ Down Beat : August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week" . Tom Hull – On the Web . Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
Albums
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley Max Roach + 4 Jazz in 3/4 Time The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker Award-Winning Drummer Booker Little 4 and Max Roach MAX Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene Max Roach + 4 at Newport Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble Deeds, Not Words Moon Faced and Starry Eyed Abbey Lincoln , 1959)Quiet as It's Kept Rich Versus Roach Buddy Rich , 1959)The Many Sides of Max Long as You're Living Parisian Sketches We Insist! Percussion Bitter Sweet It's Time Money Jungle Duke Ellington , Charles Mingus , 1962)Speak, Brother, Speak! The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)Drums Unlimited Members, Don't Git Weary Lift Every Voice and Sing Re: Percussion M'Boom , Strata-East , 1973)Birth and Rebirth Anthony Braxton , 1978)Historic Concerts Cecil Taylor , 1979)M'Boom One in Two – Two in One Anthony Braxton , 1979)Pictures in a Frame The Long March Archie Shepp , 1979)In the Light Live at Vielharmonie Collage It's Christmas Again Scott Free Survivors Easy Winners Bright Moments Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)To the Max! With Clifford Brown Compilations
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithArt WithCharles WithLee WithMax WithCedar With
Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny Clark Quintets My Conception Epistrophy & Now's the Time Richard Davis , 1972)Dealin' Iron Man Eric Dolphy , 1963)Conversations To Bird with Love Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)Roots Slide Hampton , 1985)Luminous John Hicks and Elise Wood , 1985)Shades Andrew Hill , 1986)J.J. Inc. J.J. Johnson , 1961)Con Alma! Charles McPherson , 1965)Any Old Time Carmen McRae , 1986)Carmen Sings Monk Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 Mingus Dynasty , 1988)Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 Pony's Express Pony Poindexter , 1962)Manhattan Project Dizzy Reece , 1976)The Jazz We Heard Last Summer Sahib Shihab , 1957)Further Explorations Horace Silver , 1958)Music Inc. Charles Tolliver , 1970)What It Is Mal Waldron , 1981)Money in the Pocket Joe Zawinul , 1967)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithGene WithJackie WithCharles Mingus With the With
All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)Earthy 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Where? Ron Carter , 1961)The Teddy Charles Tentet Coolin' Teddy Charles , 1957)Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette , 1957)Coltrane Dakar Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne , 1957)At the Five Spot Eric Dolphy , both volumes, 1961)Tuba Sounds Ray Draper , 1957)Hornful of Soul Catwalk , Bennie Green , 1960)Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Lady in Satin Billie Holiday , 1958)So Warm Etta Jones , 1961)After Hours Thad Jones , 1957)Olio Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk Straight Ahead Abbey Lincoln , 1961)Teo Teo Macero , 1957)On the Sunny Side Percussion Bitter Sweet Max Roach , 1961)It's Time Speak, Brother, Speak! For Lady Webster Young , 1957)
