Survivors (Max Roach album) explained

Survivors
Type:	Album
Artist:	Max Roach
Cover:	Survivors (Max Roach album).jpg
Released:	1984
Recorded:	October 19, 20 & 21, 1984
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:37
Label:	Soul Note
Producer:	Max Roach
Chronology:	Max Roach
Prev Title:	Collage
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Easy Winners
Next Year:	1985

Survivors is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1984 for the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "this serves as a powerful reminder of why Roach's drumming was so strong and visceral even in his older years, and how fertile his imagination continued to be".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

1. "Survivors" (Peter Phillips, Max Roach) - 21:28
2. "The Third Eye" - 2:10
3. "Billy the Kid" - 2:57
4. "JasMe" - 3:37
5. "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:18
6. "Sassy Max (Self Portrait)" - 3:20
7. "The Smoke That Thunders" - 5:47

• Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on October 19, 20 & 21, 1984

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums, percussion
• Guillermo Figueroa, Donald Bauch - violin (track 1)
• Louise Schulman - viola (track 1)
• Christopher Finckel - cello (track 1)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#soul-note-sn-1093 Max Roach discography
2. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed May 25, 2011