Pictures in a Frame
1979 studio album by Max Roach Quartet
Pictures in a Frame | ||||
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Studio album by Max Roach Quartet | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | September 10, 11 & 17, 1979 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:07 | |||
Label | Soul Note | |||
Producer | Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
Max Roach chronology | ||||
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Pictures in a Frame is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, recorded in 1979 for the Italian Soul Note label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Tom Hull | B+ ()[5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Although the group would continue to grow and evolve, it was already a pretty impressive unit by 1979. As usual with Max Roach's bands, this group filled the gap between hard bop and the avant-garde".[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
- "Reflections" – 3:36
- "Mwalimu" (Odean Pope) – 8:16
- "A Place of Truth" – 4:11
- "China's Waltz" (Calvin Hill) – 4:27
- "Mail Order" (Pope) – 3:26
- "Japanese Dream" (Clifford Jordan) – 3:40
- "Magic" (Cecil Bridgewater) – 5:08
- "Back to Basics" (Hill) – 3:56
- "Ode from Black Picture Show" – 3:27
- Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on September 10, 11 & 17, 1979
Personnel
- Max Roach – drums, piano, vocals
- Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Odean Pope – tenor saxophone
- Calvin Hill – bass
References
- ^ Max Roach discography accessed May 24, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed May 24, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1221. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
- Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
- Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
- MAX (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
- Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
- Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
- Deeds, Not Words (1958)
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959)
- The Many Sides of Max (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- We Insist! (1960)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
- The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964)
- Drums Unlimited (1965)
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- Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979)
- M'Boom (1979)
- One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979)
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- The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979)
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- Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
- Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
- It's Christmas Again (1984)
- Scott Free (1984)
- Survivors (1984)
- Easy Winners (1985)
- Bright Moments (1986)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989)
- To the Max! (1990–91)
- Best Coast Jazz (1954)
- Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
- Clifford Brown All Stars (1954)
- Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954–55)
- Daahoud (1954)
- Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
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- Study in Brown (1955)
- Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
- Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)