Celebrating Max Roach
Alyn Shipton presents your requests for the music of drummer and composer Max Roach, born 100 years ago last week.
Alyn Shipton presents your favourite recordings by the great American drummer and composer Max Roach, in a special edition marking the centenary of his birth. We'll hear him alongside the likes of Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, and Abbey Lincoln, as well as with his 9 piece percussion ensemble 'M'Boom'.
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Rossano Sportiello
The Sheik of Araby
- Rossano Sportiello - That's It!.
- Arbors Records.
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Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass - Speak Love.
- Pablo Records.
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Max Roach, Duke Ellington & Charles Mingus
A Little Max (Parfait)
- Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach - Money Jungle.
- Blue Note.
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Max Roach & Sonny Rollins
St. Thomas
- Prestige Profiles Sonny Rollins.
- Prestige.
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Max Roach, Sonny Rollins & Clifford Brown
Pent-up House
- Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach Quintet - Complete Studio Recordings.
- Essential Jazz Classics.
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Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln & Coleman Hawkins
Driva' Man
- Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite.
- Candid.
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Max Roach Quintet
Tune Up
- Max Roach Quintet - Max Roach + Four At Newport.
- Mercury.
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M'Boom
Street Dance
- Max Roach - To The Max!.
- Enja Records.
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Henry Allen
I Cover The Waterfront
- Henry "Red" Allen - World On A String.
- Bluebird.
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George Shearing & Nancy Wilson
On Green Dolphin Street
- The George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson - Four Classic Albums Plus.
- Avid.
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Broadcast
- Sun 14 Jan 2024 16:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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