Award-Winning Drummer

Award-Winning Drummer
Studio album by
Max Roach
Released1960
RecordedNovember 4, 1958
Capitol Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelTime
T/70003
ProducerBob Shad
Max Roach chronology
Deeds, Not Words
(1958) 		Award-Winning Drummer
(1960) 		The Many Sides of Max
(1959)

Award-Winning Drummer (also released as Max Roach) is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring a session recorded in 1958 and released on the Time label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[4]

Allmusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated the group was "among the finest hard bop ensembles around".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach, except as indicated,

  1. "Tuba de Nod" — 3:56
  2. "Milano" (John Lewis) — 5:09
  3. "Variations on the Scene" (George Coleman) — 5:37
  4. "Pies of Quincy" — 3:19
  5. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) — 4:16
  6. "Sadiga" (Coleman) — 6:31
  7. "Gandolfo's Bounce" (Booker Little) — 5:38
  8. "Milano" [alternate take] (Lewis) — 6:33 bonus track on iTunes release
  9. "Old Folks" [alternate take] (Hill, Robison) — 4:31 bonus track on iTunes release
  10. "Gandolfo's Bounce" [alternate take] (Little) — 6:12 bonus track on iTunes release

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 21, 2012
  2. ^ a b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 21, 2012
  3. ^ DeMichael, Don (14 April 1960). "Max Roach: Award-Winning Drummer". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 8. pp. 34, 36.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.