The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
1959 studio album by Max Roach
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker Released 1959 Recorded December 23, 1957 and April 11, 1958 New York City Genre Jazz Length 56 :36 Label EmArcy MG 36127
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.[ 1] It is also the first album to feature Roach playing without a piano.
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".[ 2]
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
Recorded at Fine Recording in New York City on December 20, 1957 (tracks 7-9), December 23, 1957 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 10) and at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios in New York City on April 11, 1958 (tracks 3, 4 & 6)
Personnel
References
Albums
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
MAX (1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich , 1959)
The Many Sides of Max (1959)
Long as You're Living (1960)
Parisian Sketches (1960)
We Insist! (1960)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington , Charles Mingus , 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)
Drums Unlimited (1965)
Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Re: Percussion (M'Boom , Strata-East , 1973)
Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton , 1978)
Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor , 1979)
M'Boom (1979)
One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton , 1979)
Pictures in a Frame (1979)
The Long March (and Archie Shepp , 1979)
In the Light (1982)
Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
It's Christmas Again (1984)
Scott Free (1984)
Survivors (1984)
Easy Winners (1985)
Bright Moments (1986)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)
To the Max! (1990–91)
With Clifford Brown Compilations
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader or co-leader With others
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1955)
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956)
Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
All Night Long (Kenny Burrell , 1956)
K.B. Blues (1957 [1979])
Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd , 1955)
Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
A New Perspective (1963)
Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966)
Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967)
Dial "S" for Sonny (Sonny Clark , 1957)
My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis , 1961)
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961)
Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham , 1955)
Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
This Is New (Kenny Drew , 1957)
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
Farmer's Market (Art Farmer , 1956)
The Opener (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
Afro (Dizzy Gillespie , 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (Grant Green , 1965)
A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin , 1957)
My Point of View (Herbie Hancock , 1963)
Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope , 1956)
Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard , 1960)
Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955)
Together! (Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones , 1961)
Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966)
I Wanna Talk About You (Tete Montoliu , 1980)
Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
Cornbread (Lee Morgan , 1965)
Charisma (1966)
The Rajah (1966)
Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957)
Star Bright (Dizzy Reece , 1959)
The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
Good Move! (Freddie Roach 1963)
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957)
MAX (Max Roach , 1958)
Yasmina, a Black Woman (Archie Shepp , 1969)
Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969)
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55)
Silver's Blue (Horace Silver , 1956)
6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)
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