Max Roach + 4 at Newport explained

Max Roach + 4 at Newport
Type:	Live
Artist:	Max Roach
Cover:	Max Roach + 4 at Newport.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	July 6, 1958 Newport, Rhode Island
Venue:	Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:21
Label:	EmArcy MG 36140
Chronology:	Max Roach
Prev Title:	Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene
Prev Year:	1958
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Next Year:	1958

Max Roach + 4 at Newport is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and released on the EmArcy label.^[1]

Track listing

1. "La Villa" (Kenny Dorham) - 6:19
2. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 8:20
3. "Deeds, Not Words" (Bill Lee) - 4:28
4. "Minor Mode" (Booker Little) - 5:30
5. "Tune-Up" (Miles Davis) - 5:21
6. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 9:57

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums
• Booker Little - trumpet
• George Coleman - tenor saxophone
  • Ray Draper - tuba Art Davis - bass

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow rated the album 4 of 5 stars, stating, "The main reason to search for this out-of-print LP is for the playing of the great, if short-lived, trumpeter Booker Little who was the first on his instrument to emerge from the shadow of Clifford Brown and start to develop his own voice... The quintet performs six consistently enjoyable and hard-swinging numbers."

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#emarcy-mg-36140 Max Roach discography