Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
1959 studio album by Booker Little
| Booker Little 4 and Max Roach | ||||
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| Studio album by Booker Little | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | October 1958 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:40 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
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Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (also released as The Defiant Ones) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1958 (and 1959 on the CD reissue) for the United Artists label.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Overall, this forward-looking hard bop set is easily recommended".[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[5] |
Track listing
All compositions by Booker Little except as indicated
- "Milestones" (John Lewis) – 5:33
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 4:13
- "Rounder's Mood" – 5:19
- "Dungeon Waltz" – 4:27
- "Jewel's Tempo" – 6:35
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:40
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 10:44
- "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 8:09
Recorded in New York City in October 1958 (at Nola Penthouse Studios, #1–6) and January 30, 1959 (#7–8, some sources suggest Olmsted Sound Studios, NYC, April 15, 1959).
Personnel
On #1–6
- Booker Little – trumpet
- George Coleman – tenor saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Art Davis – bass
- Max Roach – drums
Originally released as United Artists UAL4034 (mono)/UAS5034 (stereo).
On #7–8 (1991 Blue Note CD reissue only)
- Booker Little, Louis Smith – trumpets
- Frank Strozier – alto saxophone
- George Coleman – tenor saxophone
- Phineas Newborn – piano
- Calvin Newborn – guitar
- George Joyner – bass
- Charles Crosby – drums
Originally released as by Young Men From Memphis on Down Home Reunion, United Artists UAL4029 (mono)/UAS5029 (stereo).
References
- ^ Booker Little discography accessed February 7, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
- ^ DeMichael, Don (17 March 1960). "Booker Little: Booker Little 4 and Max Roach". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 6. pp. 36–38.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release
or co-leader
- Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (aka, The Defiant Ones, 1958)
- Booker Little (Time, 1960)
- Far Cry (with Eric Dolphy, 1960)
- At the Five Spot (with Eric Dolphy, 1961)
- Booker Little and Friend (aka, Victory and Sorrow, 1961)
- Out Front (1961)
Max Roach
- Award-Winning Drummer (aka, Max Roach, 1958)
- Deeds, Not Words (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
- The Many Sides of Max (1959)
- We Insist! (1960)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
others
- Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- Fantastic Frank Strozier (1959–60)
- Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (Max Roach, 1958–59)
