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Max Roach by Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Although Max Roach was very much a product of the be-bop revolution of the 1940s, he proved to be quite receptive to modal post-bop and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s. One of the finest post-bop dates Roach recorded during that decade was 1968's Members, Don't Git Weary, which finds the drummer leading a cohesive modal quintet that employs Gary Bartz on alto sax, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Stanley Cowell on acoustic and electric piano, and Jymie Merritt on electric bass.... More

Comments (2)

  1. scotfree says

    Nice egg frying/coffee sipping waker upper there. Think I'll "play" again. Love that painting too...

    Permalink posted 11/18/2008
  2. Cody B says

    Man, that was a nice record. I gotta have that. The painting..well I'd like that too, but I'm sure I can't afford it.

    Permalink posted 11/18/2008

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