In the Light (Max Roach album) explained

In the Light
Type:	Album
Artist:	Max Roach Quartet
Cover:	In the Light (album).jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	July 22–23, 1982
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:46
Label:	Soul Note
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Max Roach
Prev Title:	Swish
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Live at Vielharmonie
Next Year:	1983

In the Light is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, recorded in 1982 for the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn stated: "This is one of a series of excellent recordings by the Roach 4tet in the early '80s that should be examined as not only excellent works, but perhaps even trend setters for a more progressive concept".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

1. "In the Light" - 8:40
2. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 7:00
3. "Ruby, My Dear" (Monk) - 4:53
4. "Henry Street Blues" - 4:48
5. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 4:27
6. "Good Bait" (Count Basie, Dameron) - 7:38
7. "Tricotism" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:20

• Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on July 22 & 23, 1982

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums
• Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1–4, 6 & 7)
• Odean Pope - tenor saxophone
• Calvin Hill - bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#soul-note-sn-1053 Max Roach discography
2. Wynn, R. AllMusic Review, accessed May 24, 2011.