Reviewed in the united kingdom on 17 february 2015 this excellent but little known quintet album by the great drummer max roach 1924 2007 was recorded in june july 1968 with gary bartz alto sax.
Max roach members don t get weary vinyl.
Max roach members don t git weary.
But max s amazing polyrhythms some surprising chord changes and plain old inventive playing keep this blues fresh and revealing an artist with the sophistication of roach does not return to the roots unless he has a point to make and members shows how he can weave amazing.
Member s don t get wary is edgy blues pretty straight work.
5 0 out of 5 stars uplifting and passionate music from max roach in 1968.
Max roach drums gary bartz alto saxophone charles tolliver trumpet jymie merritt electric bass stanley cowell piano paul goodman recording engineer joel dorn producer.
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Released in 1968 on atlantic catalog no.
Although max roach was very much a product of the be bop revolution of the 1940s he proved to be quite receptive to modal post bop and avant garde jazz in the 60s.
Charles tolliver alto saxophone.
1968 max roach album incl absolutions abstrutions and effi.
Provided to youtube by rhino atlantic libra max roach members don t get weary 1968 atlantic recording corp.
Jymie merritt bass and.
Members don t git weary an album by max roach.
Drummer max roach s outspoken political commentary reached artistic zeniths throughout the 1960s especially on deeds not words it s time lift every voice and sing and members don t git weary originally released in 1968 members shows roach s insistent drumming in a pointed taut display of group dynamics.
Gary bartz electric.