Max roach drums gary bartz alto saxophone charles tolliver trumpet jymie merritt electric bass stanley cowell piano paul goodman recording engineer joel dorn producer.
Max roach members don t get weary vinyl.
Provided to youtube by rhino atlantic libra max roach members don t get weary 1968 atlantic recording corp.
Reviewed in the united kingdom on 17 february 2015 this excellent but little known quintet album by the great drummer max roach 1924 2007 was recorded in june july 1968 with gary bartz alto sax.
One of the finest post bop dates roach recorded during that decade was 1968 s members don t git weary which finds the drummer leading a cohesive modal quintet that employs gary bartz on alto sax charles tolliver on trumpet.
Drummer max roach s outspoken political commentary reached artistic zeniths throughout the 1960s especially on deeds not words it s time lift every voice and sing and members don t git weary originally released in 1968 members shows roach s insistent drumming in a pointed taut display of group dynamics.
Simply put this is a killer album every track is ground breaking absolutions has a bass line to die for effi is also top class and probably the best version of the stanley cowell standard the title track has andy bey on vocals max roach kills it by playing like a swiss watch keeping absolute time.
Max roach members don t git weary.
Released in 1968 on atlantic catalog no.
Charles tolliver alto saxophone.
Members don t git weary an album by max roach.
Trumpeter charles tolliver and alto saxophonist gary bartz play with.
Gary bartz electric.
5 0 out of 5 stars uplifting and passionate music from max roach in 1968.
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1968 max roach album incl absolutions abstrutions and effi.
Member s don t get wary is edgy blues pretty straight work.