Drums Unlimited is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1965 and 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "essentially advanced hard-bop with a generous amount of space taken up by Roach's drum solos... because of the melodic and logically-planned nature of his improvisations, they continually hold on to one's attention".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
- "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:34
- "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 12:43
- "Drums Unlimited" - 4:23
- "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) - 5:22
- "For Big Sid" - 3:04
- "In the Red (A Christmas Carol)" - 12:21
- Recorded in New York on October 14, 1965 (tracks 1 & 4), October 20, 1965 (tracks 2 & 6) and April 25, 1966 (tracks 3 & 5)
Personnel
References
- ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. 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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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)
- (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)
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With Clifford Brown | |
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Compilations | |
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Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. |
Albums as leader or co-leader |
- Open Sesame (1960)
- Goin' Up (1960)
- Hub Cap (1961)
- Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
- Ready for Freddie (1961)
- The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
- Hub-Tones (1962)
- Here to Stay (1962)
- The Body & the Soul (1963)
- Breaking Point! (1964)
- Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
- The Night of the Cookers (1965)
- Blue Spirits (1965–66)
- Backlash (1966)
- High Blues Pressure (1967)
- A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
- The Black Angel (1969)
- The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
- Red Clay (1970)
- Straight Life (1970)
- Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
- First Light (1971)
- Polar AC (1971–73)
- Sky Dive (1972)
- Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
- Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
- In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
- High Energy (1974)
- Gleam (1975)
- Liquid Love (1975)
- Windjammer (1976)
- Bundle of Joy (1977)
- Super Blue (1978)
- The Love Connection (1979)
- Skagly (1979)
- Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
- The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
- Born to Be Blue (1981)
- Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
- Outpost (1981)
- Rollin' (1981)
- Splash (1981)
- Above & Beyond (1982)
- Back to Birdland (1982)
- Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
- Ride Like the Wind (1982)
- The Rose Tattoo (1983)
- Sweet Return (1983)
- Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
- Life Flight (1987)
- The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
- Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
- Times Are Changing (1989)
- Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
- Bolivia (1990–91)
- At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
- Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
- Blues for Miles (1992)
- MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
- New Colors (2000)
- On the Real Side (2007)
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With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers | |
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With Dexter Gordon | |
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With Herbie Hancock | |
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With Bobby Hutcherson | |
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With Quincy Jones | |
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With Wayne Shorter | |
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With others |
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
- Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
- True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
- Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
- Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
- Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
- Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
- Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
- Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
- Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
- Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
- Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
- Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
- Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
- Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
- Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
- Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
- Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
- Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
- Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
- Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
- Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
- Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
- 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
- Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
- Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
- Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
- Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
- Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
- Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
- MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
- Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
- Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
- The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
- Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
- The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
- Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
- (Max Roach, 1965)
- East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
- Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973)
- Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970)
- Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978)
- Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
- Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)
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