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1957 studio album by Max Roach
Jazz in ¾ Time
Released 1957 Recorded September 17, 19, 20, 1956 (Track 7) & March 18, 20, 21, 1957 (Tracks 1–6)New York City and Capitol Tower Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre
Jazz Length 50 :03
Label
EmArcy MG 36108
Producer
Bob Shad
Jazz in ¾ Time is an album by American jazz drummer
Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in late 1956 and early 1957 and released on the
EmArcy label.
[1]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "These excellent performances show that jazz does not always have to be in 4/4 time in order to swing".
[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
"Blues Waltz" - 6:31
"Valse Hot" (Sonny Rollins) - 14:21
"I'll Take Romance" (
Oscar Hammerstein II ,
Ben Oakland ) - 4:31
"Little Folks" - 5:36
"
Lover " [mono take] (
Lorenz Hart ,
Richard Rodgers ) - 5:35
"Lover" [stereo take] (Hart, Rodgers) - 5:35
"
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World " (Hart, Rodgers) - 7:05
Recorded in New York City on September 19, 1956 (track 7) and at Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California on March 18 (tracks 1 & 3), March 20 (tracks 2 & 4) & March 21 (tracks 5 & 6), 1957
Personnel
References
^
Max Roach discography accessed September 20, 2012
^
a
b Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review accessed September 20, 2012
^
Hall, Tony (4 October 1958). "Reviews".
Disc . No. 35. pp. 18–19.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169.
ISBN
0-394-72643-X .
^
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 1219.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .
^
Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020).
"Music Week" . Tom Hull – On the Web . Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
Albums
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
MAX (1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with
Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
Rich Versus Roach (and
Buddy Rich , 1959)
The Many Sides of Max (1959)
Long as You're Living (1960)
Parisian Sketches (1960)
We Insist! (1960)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Money Jungle (and
Duke Ellington ,
Charles Mingus , 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and
Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)
Drums Unlimited (1965)
Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Re: Percussion (
M'Boom ,
Strata-East , 1973)
Birth and Rebirth (and
Anthony Braxton , 1978)
Historic Concerts (and
Cecil Taylor , 1979)
M'Boom (1979)
One in Two – Two in One (and
Anthony Braxton , 1979)
Pictures in a Frame (1979)
The Long March (and
Archie Shepp , 1979)
In the Light (1982)
Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
It's Christmas Again (1984)
Scott Free (1984)
Survivors (1984)
Easy Winners (1985)
Bright Moments (1986)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and
Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)
To the Max! (1990–91)
With
Clifford Brown Compilations