Booker Little 4 and Max Roach explained

Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
Type:	Album
Artist:	Booker Little
Cover:	Booker Little 4 and Max Roach.jpeg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	October 1958
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:40
Label:	United Artists
Chronology:	Booker Little
Next Title:	Booker Little
Next Year:	1960

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]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Little except as indicated

1. "Milestones" (John Lewis) – 5:33
2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 4:13
3. "Rounder's Mood" – 5:19
4. "Dungeon Waltz" – 4:27
5. "Jewel's Tempo" – 6:35
6. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:40
7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 10:44
8. "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).

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/booker-little/catalog/#united-artists-ual-4034 Booker Little discography
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 7, 2011