From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1959 studio album by Buddy Rich and Max Roach
Rich versus Roach is a 1959
studio album by drummers
Buddy Rich and
Max Roach with their respective bands of the time.
[3] The album is mixed with each of the two bands in a different stereo channel.
Track listing
LP side A
"
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) " (
Louis Prima ) – 4:06
"The Casbah" (
Gigi Gryce ) – 4:25
"
Sleep " (
Earl Burtnett , Adam Geibel) – 3:15
"Figure Eights" (
Buddy Rich ,
Max Roach ) – 4:26
LP side B
"
Yesterdays " (
Otto Harbach ,
Jerome Kern ) – 4:15
[4]
"Big Foot" (
Charlie Parker ) – 4:59
"
Limehouse Blues " (
Philip Braham ,
Douglas Furber ) – 3:42
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" (Ernie Erdman,
Ted Fio Rito ,
Gus Kahn , Robert A. K. King) – 3:50
1986 CD re-issue with alternate versions:
"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (alt. take) – 4:22
"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" – 4:08
"The Casbah" – 4:28
"The Casbah" (alt. take) – 4:58
"Sleep" – 3:18
"Figure Eights" – 4:30
"Yesterdays" – 5:41
"Big Foot" – 5:00
"Big Foot" (alt. take) – 5:14
"Limehouse Blues" – 3:56
"Limehouse Blues" (alt. take) – 3:43
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" – 3:57
Personnel
Rich's band
Roach's band
Production
Jack Tracy – producer, liner notes
Gigi Gryce – arranger
Bill Stoddard – engineer
Kiyoshi "Boxman" Koyama – compilation, research
References
Mercury MG-20448 (original LP)
Mercury 826987-2 (CD)
As leader or co-leader With others
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