MAX ROACH • 4CD • EIGHT CLASSIC ALBUMS

DISC ONE

JAZZ IN ¾ TIME – 1957

1. BLUES WALTZ  6.34
2. VALSE HOT  14.19
3. I’LL TAKE ROMANCE  4.31
4. LITTLE FOLKS  5.35
5. LOVER  5.35
6. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
    GIRL IN THE WORLD  7.04

RICH VERSE’S ROACH – 1959 

7. SING, SING, SING (With A Swing)  4.08
8. THE CASBAH  4.27
9. SLEEP  3.18
10. FIGURE EIGHTS  4.31
11. YESTERDAY’S  5.40
12. BIG FOOT  5.00
13. LIMEHOUSE BLUES  3.55
14. TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE GOODBYE  3.56

DISC TWO

CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH QUINTET – 1955

1. DELILAH  8.05
2. PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE  7.18
3. THE BLUES WALK  4.02
4. DAAHOUD  6.45
5. JOY SPRING  4.02
6. JORDU  6.50
7. WHAT AM I HERE FOR  3.08

QUIET AS IT’S KEPT – 1960

8. QUIET AS IT’S KEPT  6.10
9. TO LADY  6.07
10. LOTUS BLOSSOM  5.33
11. AS LONG AS YOU’RE LIVING  5.55
12. THE MORE I SEE YOU  4.03
13. JULIANO  5.40

DISC THREE

STUDY IN BROWN – 1955

1. CHEROKEE  5.41
2. JACQUI  5.07
3. SWINGIN’  2.50
4. LANDS END  4.53
5. GEORGE’S DILEMMA  5.33
6. SANDU  4.53
7. GERKIN FOR PERKIN  2.54
8. IF I LOVE AGAIN  3.21
9. TAKE THE A TRAIN  4.15

THE MANY SIDES OF MAX – 1959 

10. PRELUDE  5.06
11. LEPA  2.08
12. CONNIE’S BOUNCE  5.18
13. A LITTLE SWEET  3.05
14. TYMPARNALLI  4.51
15. BERNSHA SWING  5.26
16. THERE’S NO YOU  5.41

DISC FOUR

PERCUSSION BITTER SWEET – 1961

1. GARVEY’S GHOST  7.51
2. MAMA  4.49
3. TENDER WARRIORS  6.52
4. PRAISE FOR A MARTYR  7.09
5. MENDACITY  8.54
6. MAN FROM SOUTH AFRICA  5.13

WE INSIST – MAX ROACH FREEDOM NOW SUITE – 1960

7. DRIVA’ MAN  5.15
8. FREEDOM DAY  6.06
9. TRIPTYCH (PRAYER, PROTEST,  
    PEACE)  8.05
10. ALL AFRICA  8.03
11. TEARS FOR JOHANNESBURG  9.42