The Long March (album) explained

The Long March
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Max Roach & Archie Shepp
Cover:	The Long March (album).jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	August 31, 1979
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	93:11
Label:	Hathut
Producer:	Werner X. Uehlinger
Chronology:	Max Roach
Prev Title:	M'Boom
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	One in Two - Two in One
Next Year:	1979

The Long March is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach and saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in 1979 for the Swiss Hathut label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The Long March is one of the truly important duet records in post-bop era jazz history".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

1. "J.C. Moses" - 5:52
2. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:46
3. "The Long March" - 26:17
4. "U-Jaa-Ma" (Archie Shepp) - 12:30
5. "Triptych" - 7:26
6. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) - 5:35
7. "South Africa Goddamn" - 20:09
8. "It's Time" - 9:36

• Recorded at the Jazz Festival Willisau '79 in Willisau, Switzerland on August 31, 1979

Personnel

• • Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone Max Roach - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#hathut-2r13 Max Roach discography
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|album|mw0001937400|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''The Long March'' ]. . . Thom . Jurek . May 27, 2011.