WE INSIST! MAX ROACH'S FREEDOM NOW SUITE

(LP)
Best known for his pioneering work in be-bop, drummer Max Roach was a hugely important figure who worked with countless jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Park, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, and Thelonious Monk.
Genre Jazz
FormatVINYL
Cat. noDMOO028
Label DESTINATION MOON
Artist MAX ROACH
Release Date30/06/2023
CarrierLP
Barcode8055515234138
TRACKLIST A1 Dirva'Man A2 Freedom Day A3 Triptych (Prayer/ Protest/ Peace) B1 All Africa B2 Tears For Johannesburg INFO Best known for his pioneering work in be-bop, drummer Max Roach was a hugely important figure who worked with countless jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Park, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, and Thelonious Monk. We Insist! Max Roachâ„¢s Freedom Now Suite was created with then-wife Abbie Lincoln, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, the Nigerian percussionist Olatunji, and lyricist Oscar Brown Jr to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the unique landmark an intense, musically challenging masterwork of social relevance that was far ahead of its time.