May 25, 1997 - Max Roach plays solo at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia,

'Jazz at Massey Hall' by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus & Max Roach a.k.a. 'The Quintet' is a live album recorded on May 15, 1953 and released the same year In 1953 by Debut.Track Listing : 1.Perdido (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengfelder, Ervin M. Drake) - 07:47 . 2.Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke) - 07:44 . 3.All The Things You Are / 52Nd Street Theme (Jerome…

Abbey Lincoln's 'Straight Ahead' is an album recorded on February 22, 1961 with Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach and others and released the same year by Candid.Track Listing : 1.Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, Earl Baker, Mal Waldron)- 05:24 . 2.When Malindy Sings (Oscar Brown, Paul Lawrence Dunbar)- 04:05 . 3.In The Red (Chips Bayen, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach)- 08:32 . 4.Blue Monk (Abbey…

Sonny Rollins 'Freedom Suite' is an album recorded on February 11 & March 7, 1958 with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach and released the same year by Riverside.1 . Someday I'll Find You (18/07/2008, Vitoria Gasteiz ) Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite Track Listing : 1.The Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins) - 19:17 . 2.Someday I'Ll Find You (Noël Coward) - 04:35 . 3.Will You Still Be Mine? (Tom Adair,…

'Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street' is the last album (aka 'At Basin Street') officially recorded the Brown & Roach Quintet on January 4 & February 16-17, 1956 and released in 1956 By Emarcy.Track Listing : 1.What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) - 07:33 . 2.Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 04:46 . 3.I'Ll Remember April (Gene De…

'Historic Concerts' by Cecil Taylor & Max Roach is a live album recorded on December 15, 1979 at the McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, NYC and released in 1984 by Soul Note.Track Listing : 1.Presentation - 1:06 . 2.Drums Solo (Max Roach) - 05:02 . 3.Piano Solo (Cecil Taylor) - 05:04 . 4.Duets, Part 1 (Cecil Taylor & Max Roach) - 40:04 . 5.Duets, Part 2 (Cecil Taylor & Max…

Sonny Rollins ' 'Tour de Force' is an album recorded on December 7, 1956 with Kenny Drew, George Morrow, Max Roach and vocals by Earl Coleman on two tracks and released in 1957 By Prestige.Track Listing : 1.Ee-Ah (Sonny Rollins) - 06:52 . 2.B. Quick (Sonny Rollins) - 09:13 . 3.Two Different Worlds (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) - 07:37 . 4.B. Swift (Sonny Rollins) - 05:15 . 5.My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo…

November 3, 1990 - the Max Roach Quartet - that is Max Roach (d), Cecil Bridgewater (tp), Odeon Pope (ts) and Tyron Brown (b) - is at the Jazzfestival in Berlin

Duke Ellington's 'Money Jungle' is a studio album recorded with Charles Mingus and Max Roach on September 17, 1962 by United Artists.Track Listing : 1.Money Jungle (Duke Ellington) - 05:30 . 2.Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) (Duke Ellington) - 03:36 . 3.Very Special (Duke Ellington) - 04:26 . 4.Warm Valley (Duke Ellington) - 03:33 . 5.Wig Wise (Duke Ellington) - 03:21 . 6.Caravan (Juan…

Max Roach's 'We Insist!' (subtitled 'Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite') is an album recorded on August 31 and September 6, 1960 and released the same year by Candid Records.Track listing : 1.Driva Man (Max Roach, Oscar Brown) - 05:17 . 2.Freedom Day (Max Roach, Brown) - 06:08 . 3.Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace (Max Roach) - 08:09 . 4.All Africa (Max Roach, Brown) - 08:01 . 5.Tears for…

August 16, 1992 - Max Roach is with Cecil Bridgewater (tp) and Odean Pope (ts) at "Newport Jazz Festival" in Newport, RI

This day (August 16, 2007), in Manhattan, New York, died Max Roach, an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.Tracklist : 1 . The Third Eye 2 . W/ Randy Weston Duo (Ii) - Well You Needn'T (1999) 3 . Live In Israel 4 . W/ Dizzy Gillespie – Manteca 5 . Big Sid / It’S Time 6 . w/ Abbey Lincoln - Driva Man (1964) 7 . Drum Solo 8 . w/ Art Blakey & Elvin Jones - Battle Tracklist :…

Dinah Washington's 'Dinah Jams' is a live album recorded in Hollywood on August 15, 1954, featuring Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson and Max Roach among others and released in February 1955 by EmArcy1 . Lover, Come Back To Me / Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Track Listing : 1.Lover Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Sigmund Romberg) - 09:46 . 2.Alone Together (Arthur Schwartz) -…

Max Roach's 'M'Boom' is an album recorded on July 25, 26 & 27, 1979 and released the same year by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Onomatopoeia (Omar Clay) - 05:17 . 2.Twinkle Toes (Warren Smith) - 03:33 . 3.Caravanserai (Joe Chambers) - 04:01 . 4.January V (Max Roach) - 03:24 . 5.The Glorious Monster (Max Roach) - 06:46 . 6.Rumble In The Jungle (Omar Clay) - 07:15 . 7.Morning/Midday (Omar Clay,…

July 24, 1999 - Max Roach will play solo then with Randy Weston at 34th Annual Jazz Festival of San Sebastian; Spain

July 16, 1984 - Max Roach, Cecil Bridgewater, Odean Pope and Tyrone Brown are taping the GDR TV "Jazzbühne" program at Friedrichstadtpalast in East Berlin

Sonny Rollins' 'Saxophone Colossus' is a studio album recorded on June 22, 1956 with Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins & Max Roach and released in December 1956 by Prestige.1 . St. Thomas 2 . Moritat (Mack the Knife) 3 . St Thomas (Live, 1973) 4 . St. Thomas (8-31-12) 5 . Saxophone Colossus Track Listing : 1.St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) - 06:49 . 2.You Don'T Know What Love Is (Gene De Paul, Don…

June 14, 1997 - Max Roach and Abdullah Ibrahim will due at Große Konzertscheue in Salzau, Germany for Jazzbaltica

Pat Metheny, Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Lee Konitz, Chick Corea, Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, NHØP, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Chucho Valdes, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Abdullah Ibrahim, James Blood Ulmer, Sam Rivers

Deodato, The Zawinul Syndicate, Billy Cobham, Max Roach, Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Benny Goodman, Vi Redd, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Arista All Stars, Rahsaan Roland Kirk

This day (May 24, 1974), in New York City, died Edward Kennedy Ellington a.k.a Duke Ellington, an American composer, pianist and big-band leader.Tracklist : 1 . Take The A Train 2 . La Plus Belle Africaine (1969) 3 . Duke Ellington Orchestra – Prologue To The Black And Tan Fantasy/ Creole Love Call/ The Mooche (1966) 4 . On The Fringe Of The Jungle (1967) 5 . & Ella Fitzgerald – Lush Life…

This day (May 19, 1969), in New York City, New York, died Coleman Hawkins, an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Tracklist : 1 . Disorder At The Border 2 . With Lester Young 3 . With Harry Edison 4 . South Of France Blues 5 . Body and Soul (1967) 6 . With Charlie Parker (1950) Tracklist : Greensleeves . Body And Soul . La Rosita . Smoke Gets in Your Eyes . Desafinado . One Note Samba (Samba De…

This day (April 19, 2005), in Copenhagen, Denmark, died Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, a Danish jazz bassist.Tracklist : 1 . Gustav Csík Trió – Tribute to Great Niels Pedersen (1990) 2 . w/ Milt Jackson & Benny Golson & Art Farmer – Blues for Diahann (1997) 3 . w/ Joe Pass – Corcovado (1992) 4 . Tete Montoliu Quartet – Bohemia afterdark 1988) 5 . Oscar Peterson – Easter Suite (1984) 6 .…

This day ( April 5, 2018), in New York City, died Cecil Percival Taylor, an American free jazz pianistTracklist : 1 . Perugia (2009) 2 . Improvisation #1 (Excerpt) (2007) 3 . Song 2 (2004) 4 . w/ Max Roach - Duo (2000) 5 . w/ Thurman Barker - Frankfurt (1995) 6 . @ Jazz Ost-West Festival (1984) 7 . w/ Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live (1984) Tracklist : Bemsha Swing . Rick Kick Shaw . Song .…

Sonny Rollins' 'Plus Four' is an album (also titled '3 Giants!') recorded March 22, 1956 with pianist Richie Powell and trumpeter Clifford Brown and released the same year by Prestige.Track Listing : 1.Valse Hot (Sonny Rollins) - 08:36 . 2.Kiss And Run (Sam Coslow) - 07:08 . 3.I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy Mchugh, George Oppenheimer) - 05:13 . 4.Count Your Blessings (Instead…

This day (March 12, 1955), in New York City, New York, died Charles Parker, Jr. simply known as Charlie Parker, an American jazz saxophonist .Tracklist : 1 . Laughing At Coleman Hawkins 2 . w/ Dizzy Gillespie - Hot House 3 . The Charlie Parker Story 4 . Charlie Parker documentary BBC Tracklist : Ornithology . All The Things You Are . Now's the Time . Just Friends . Lover Man . A Night in…

This day (February 19, 1955), in Oakland, California, is born David Murray, an American musician who plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet.Tracklist : 1 . w/ Saul Williams - Citizens (2018) 2 . w/ Hamid Drake (2017) 3 . w/ Lydian Sound Orchestra (2015) 4 . @ Jamboree Jazz Club (2014) 5 . w/ Cuban Ensemble - At The Nyc Winter Jazz Fest (2012) 6 . w/ James Blood Ulmer -…

Miles Davis' 'Birth of the Cool' is an album recorded on January 21 & April 22, 1949 and March 9, 1950 with a nonet at WOR Studios in New York City and released In February 1957 by Capitol.Track Listing : 1.Move (Denzil Best) - 02:32 . 2.Jeru (Gerry Mulligan) - 03:10 . 3.Moon Dreams (Chummy Macgregor, Johnny Mercer) - 03:17 . 4.Venus De Milo (Gerry Mulligan) - 03:10 . 5.Budo (Miles Davis, Bud…

Dinah Washington's 'Dinah Sings Bessie Smith' is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 20, 1958.1 . Send Me To The Electric Chair Track Listing : 1.After You'Ve Gone (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) - 03:39 . 2.Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair (George Brooks, Fletcher Henderson) - 03:17 . 3.Jailhouse Blues (Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams) - 03:12 . 4.Trombone Butter (Fletcher Henderson)…

This day (November 27, 1945), in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, is born Randy Brecker, an American trumpeter and flugelhornist.Tracklist : 1 . Now's the Time (2020) 2 . w/ Chad Lefkowitz-Brown & F. Giachino trio – @ Torino Jazz Festival (2019) 3 . Some Skunk Funk (2018) 4 . w/ Marvin Stamm – A Night of Jazz (2017) 5 . w/ Andrei Kondakov – ДЖАЗ НА ДНЕПРЕ (2016) 6 . w/ Bob Mintzer – Some skunk funk…

This day (October 16, 1990), in New York City, New York, died Art Blakey, was an American jazz drummer.Tracklist : 1 . Big Band – Blues March (1988) 2 . w/ The Jazz Messengers – Along Came Betty 3 . w/ The Jazz Messengers, Freddy Hubbard – One By One (1982) 4 . Gipsy Folk Tales (1976) 5 . Drum Solo (1965) 6 . w/ The Jazz Messengers – Dat Dere (1961) 7 . w/ The Jazz Messengers – A Night In Tunisia…

Thelonious Monk Trio' is Monk's first studio album recorded on October 15 and December 18, 1952; September 22, 1954 and released the same year by Prestige.1 . Blue Monk 2 . Blue Monk Track Listing : 1.Little Rootie Tootie (Thelonious Monk) - 03:06 . 2.Sweet And Lovely (Gus Amheim, Jules Lemare, Harry Tobias) - 03:33 . 3.Bye-Ya (Thelonious Monk) - 02:46 . 4.Monk'S Dream (Thelonious Monk) - 03:07…

This day (October 9, 1944), in Trenton, New Jersey, is born Nona Hendryx, an American vocalist, solo artist or one-third of the trio Labelle.Tracklist : 1 . Transformation (2019) 2 . I Need Love (2017) 3 . Temple of Heaven (2012) 4 . w/ Sarah Dash – Somebody Somewhere 5 . Labelle – Release Yourself (1991) 6 . Way Down (1987) 7 . Winds of Change 8 . w/ Todd Rundgren, Carlos Santana, Max Roach –…

This day (October 9, 1934), in Cape Town, South Africa, is born Adolph Johannes Brand a.k.a. Dollar Brand a.k.a. Abdullah Ibrahim, a South African pianist and composer.Tracklist : 1 . Torino Jazz Festival (2013) 2 . Blue Bolero (2011) 3 . @ Leverkusen (2007) 4 . Cape Town Flower (1999) 5 . w/ Carlos Ward – Poland 1984 6 . w/ Max Roach – Jazz Baltica 1997 7 . At The Victoria Hall, Geneva,…

Thelonious Monk's 'Brilliant Corners' is a studio album recorded on October 9, 15 and December 7, 1956 and released In 1957 by Riverside.Track Listing : 1.Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) - 07:42 . 2.Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Thelonious Monk) - 13:24 . 3.Pannonica (Thelonious Monk) - 08:50 . 4.I Surrender, Dear (Barry Harris)- 05:25 . 5.Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best) - 07:42…

Gregory Porter's 'Liquid Spirit' is his third album released on September 10, 2013.1 . No Love Dying 2 . Liquid Spirit (Live, Studio Session) 3 . Liquid Spirit (Official Video) 4 . Water Under Bridges ("The Late Late Show" Rté One) 5 . Water Under Bridges (Olympia, Paris) 6 . Hey Laura (Official Video) 7 . Hey Laura ("Le Live") 8 . Musical Genocide (Summerstage, 2014) 9 . Wolfcry (Ferst Center,…

This day (September 1, 2018), in New York City, died Randy Weston, an American jazz pianist and composer.Tracklist : 1 . at Tri-C JazzFest 2009 2 . African Rhythms 3 . Dakota Jazz Club (2008) 4 . Tribute to Freddie Hubbard 5 . w/ Max Roach – Well you needn’t (1999) 6 . w/ Robin Kenyatta – Live In Spain (1990) 1/2 7 . w/ Robin Kenyatta – Live In Spain (1990) 2/2 8 . Hi-Fly (1980) 9 . at…

'The Magnificent Thad Jones' is an album recorded on July 9 and 14, 1956 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) - 06:43 . 2.Billie-Doo (Thad Jones) - 07:30 . 3.If I Love Again (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) - 07:27 . 4.If Someone Had Told Me (Peter Derose, Charles Tobias) - 05:51 . 5.Thedia (Thad Jones) - 10:35 Francis WolffALSO…

Charles Mingus' 'Mingus Three' (also referred to as 'Trio') is an album recorded on July 9, 1957 with pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond and released the same year by Jubilee.Track Listing : 1.Yesterdays (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 04:13 . 2.Back Home Blues (Charles Mingus) - 05:29 . 3.I Can'T Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 06:28 . 4.Hamp'S New Blues (Hampton Hawes) -…

June 14, 1997 - Milt Jackson (vb), Benny Golson (ts), Art Farmer (tp), Ulf Wakenius (g), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b), Jonas Johansen (d), Kenny Kirkland (p), Toots Thielemans (harm) and Max Roach (d) will share the stage at Große Konzertscheue in Salzau, Germany for Jazzbaltica

Harold Mabern, Robert Glasper, Abdullah Ibrahim, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans, Alan Broadbent, Mulgrew Miller, Chick Corea, Esbjörn Svensson, Herbie Hancock, Craig Taborn

Clifford Brown's 'Memorial Album' is the first album under his leadership recorded on June 9, 1953 and released in 1956 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Hymn Of The Orient (Gigi Gryce) - 04:07 . 2.Easy Living (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 03:44 . 3.Minor Mood (Clifford Brown) - 04:34 . 4.Cherokee (Ray Noble) - 03:27 . 5.Wail Bait (Quincy Jones) - 04:02 . 6.Brownie Speaks (Clifford Brown) - 03:46 .…