Roach, Max - Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series) (180 Gram Vinyl) Barn (CD)

Roach, Max - Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series) (180 Gram Vinyl) Barn (CD)Percussion Bitter Sweet, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, is one of preeminent jazz drummer Max Roach's most politically charged and musically expansive recordings. Recorded over two days in September 1960 at Universal Studios in Chicago, the record reflects Roach's deepening engagement with themes of social justice and Pan African identity. The ensemble features trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, and tuba innovator

Guitars detonate and slice like cinderblocks through glass

rather than a collection of stand-alone songs

" and deep catalog gems like "Queen Jane Approximately" and "Wicked Messenger

pianist Andrew Hill

it features his breakthrough hit

his last recording session as a band leader

Room For Squares

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melodic vocals and symphonic-ambient post-metal

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GOTTA GO

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