Max Roach: We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite on LP
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
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- Label:
- SoFarOut
- Year of recording ca.:
- 1960
- UPC/EAN:
- 0889397101183
- Release date:
- 4.3.2013
Other releases of We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite |
Price |
|---|---|
| CD | EUR 11.99* |
| CD, (Jazz Images) | EUR 14.99* |
| LP, (Reissue) (remastered) (180g) | EUR 31.99* |
Max Roachs Meisterwerk „We Insist!“ von 1960 ist eine Suite, die sich auf die Bürgerrechtsbewegung und auf den Kampf der schwarzen Bevölkerung um Gleichstellung in den USA bezieht und leider bis heute nur wenig Aktualität eingebüßt hat. Roach schreib die Stücke mit dem Dichter Oscar Brown Jr. 1959 mit der Absicht, sie zum hundertjährigen Bestehen der Emanzipationsproklamation im Jahr 1963 aufführen zu lassen.
Mit der Unterstützung der wunderbaren Abbey Lincoln als Sängerin als auch Booker Littler, Julian Priester, Coleman Hawkins, Olatunji und anderen tollen Künstlern ist „We Insist!“ ein wirklich brilliantes Album geworden, welches seitdem als unvergleichliches Meisterwerk der Zeit aber auch darüber hinaus gilt.
Product Information
Recorded in August 1960, the year in which black Americans' struggle for civil rights reached critical mass, We Insist! was the first of several jazz-as-protest albums explicitly to voice the growing demand for equal rights. Conceived as a suite by Roach, its composer and arranger, the album features a shifting cast of players, with only Roach and singer Abbey Lincoln heard throughout. Three of the five tracks feature lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr., sung by Lincoln, who is joined on "All Africa" by Nigerian conga player Michael Olatunji. Veteran tenor saxophone legend Coleman Hawkins makes a powerful statement in "Driva' Man", which also features stirring solos from trumpeter Booker Little, trombonist Julian Priester and tenor saxophonist Walter Benton. The ensemble's focus is razor sharp throughout, honed by Roach's virtuosic drumming, and Abbey Lincoln's screams during his husband's drum solo in "Triptych: Prayer / Protest / Peace" will send chills down your spine. One of the all-time 'free jazz' classics finally available again!
The audio samples belong to the article Max Roach (1924-2007): We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (CD). The track list may differ for this item.
LP
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1 Driva' Man
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2 Freedom Day
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3 Triptych: Prayer, Protest, Peace.
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4 All Africa
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5 Tears For Johannesburg
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