| Max Roach + 4 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Max Roach |
| Cover: | 5244roach.jpg |
| Released: | October 12, 1956 |
| Recorded: | September 17, 19 & 20, 1956 New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz, hard bop |
| Length: | 37:38 |
| Label: | EmArcy MG 36098 |
| Producer: | Bob Shad |
| Chronology: | Max Roach |
| Prev Title: | Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street |
| Prev Year: | 1956 |
| Next Title: | Jazz in ¾ Time |
| Next Year: | 1956-57 |
Max Roach + 4 is an LP recorded by jazz drummer Max Roach, which featured Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Ray Bryant on piano, and George Morrow on bass.[1] It was the first album Roach recorded after his collaborators, trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell, died in a car crash in June 1956.
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "worthy set".[2] Don Gold praised the album, commenting on the replacement of Brown with Dorham that "Dorham is more than merely competent, apart from comparison with Clifford, and could, however, become more of an inspirational factor within the group in time."[3]
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated