MAX is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label.[1][2]

MAX
Studio album by
Max Roach Quintet
Released1958
RecordedJanuary 14th, 1958
Chicago
GenreJazz
Length32:39
LabelArgo
LP 623
Max Roach chronology
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
(1957)
MAX
(1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene
(1958)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The Allmusic review states, "1958's MAX shows Max Roach at the top of his game. A decade earlier, Roach had absorbed Kenny Clarke's drumming style and, with trumpet virtuoso Clifford Brown, forged his own brand of bebop. By 1958, on his way to becoming a true jazz elder, Roach began pushing the boundaries of jazz even further".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

  1. "Crackle Hut" (Owen Marshall) - 5:47
  2. "Speculate" (Kenny Dorham) - 4:59
  3. "That Ole Devil Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) - 6:26
  4. "Audio Blues" - 6:29
  5. "C.M." (Hank Mobley) - 5:01
  6. "Four-X" - 3:57

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Argo Records discography accessed September 18, 2012
  2. ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 18, 2012
  3. ^ a b Rovi Allmusic Review accessed September 18, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1221. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.