Trumpeter charles tolliver and alto saxophonist gary bartz play with.
Max roach members don t get weary vinyl.
Member s don t get wary is edgy blues pretty straight work.
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.
Members don t git weary an album by max roach.
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.
Released in 1968 on atlantic catalog no.
Gary bartz electric.
1968 max roach album incl absolutions abstrutions and effi.
Jymie merritt bass and.
Max roach members don t git weary.
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.
Although max roach was very much a product of the be bop revolution of the 1940s he proved to be quite receptive to modal post bop and avant garde jazz in the 60s.
Max roach drums gary bartz alto saxophone charles tolliver trumpet jymie merritt electric bass stanley cowell piano paul goodman recording engineer joel dorn producer.
But max s amazing polyrhythms some surprising chord changes and plain old inventive playing keep this blues fresh and revealing an artist with the sophistication of roach does not return to the roots unless he has a point to make and members shows how he can weave amazing.
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