THE COLLABORATIONS (4CD)
by MAX ROACH
Compact Disc - 4 CD Box Set
EN4CD9198
Label: ENLIGHTENMENT SERIES
American jazz drummer and composer Maxwell Lemuel Roach, born January 10, 1924, was a pioneer of bebop, and worked in many other styles of music too. Roach is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famed jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992. • This 4CD collection of original albums on which Max Roach led or co-led, brings together the finest work he ever performed in the company of other jazz greats. Featuring masterful albums Max made with such luminaries as Clifford Brown, Duke Ellington, Hank Mobley, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, his wife Abbey Lincoln, and a host of others, this collection includes eight such collaborative records, all digitally remastered for the finest quality. • All at once making for a delightful compilation of many of Roach’s best ever recordings, this set will work equally well for those new to Max Roach’s music as it will to those longer-term fans who require a gentle reminder of just how dynamic, creative and downright talented Max Roach always was.
DISC ONE
1. Cou-Manchi-Cou 3:05 2. Just One Of Those Things 3:11 3. The Glow Worm 2:30 4. Mobleyzation 2:45 5. Chi-Chi 3:03 6. Kismet 2:42 7. I'm A Fool To Want You 3:16 8. Sfax 2:19 9. Orientation 2:53 10. Drum Conversation 2:46
11. Sweet Clifford 6:47 12. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 7:26 13. Stompin' At The Savoy 6:31
14. I'll String Along With You 4:16 15. Mildama 4:37 16. Darn That Dream 4:07 17. I Get A Kick Out Of You 7:44
DISC TWO
1. Delilah 8:05 2. Parsian Thoroughfare 7:19 3. The Blues Walk 4:02 4. Daahoud 6:45 5. Joy Spring 4:02 6. Jordu 6:51 7. What Am I Here For? 3:08 8. Facts About Max 4:48 9. Milano Blues 4:59 10. Swingin' The Blues 3:51 11. Breadline Blues 4:38 12. Bye Bye Blues 4:11 13. Blues In The Night 5:25 14. Royal Garden Blues 3:52 15. Count's Blues 5:09
DISC THREE
1. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) 4:08 2. The Casbah 4:27 3. Sleep 3:18 4. Figure Eights 4:31 5. Yesterdays 5:41
6. Big Foot 5:00 7. Limehouse Blues 3:55 8. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye 3:56 9. Money Jungle 5:30 10. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) 3:37 11. Very Special 4:28 12. Warm Valley 3:34 13. Wig Wise 3:19 14. Caravan 4:14
15. Solitude 5:34
DISC FOUR
1. Milestones 5:36 2. Sweet and Lovely 4:16 3. Rounder's Mood 5:23 4. Dungeon Waltz 4:30 5. Jewel's Tempo 6:38
6. Moonlight Becomes You 5:43 7. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 10:48 8. Driva' Man 5:15 9. Freedom Day 6:07 10. Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace 8:06 11. All Africa 8:03 12. Tears For Johannesburg 9:42
