Max Roach – Percussion Bitter Sweet (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record
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Max Roach – Percussion Bitter Sweet (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record
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Recorded in the immediate wake of *We Insist! Freedom Now Suite*, Roach was operating at the height of his convictions, channeling the civil rights movement into compositions that demanded the same attention as any protest speech. The double meaning in the title says everything: percussion as both instrument and argument, bitter and sweet as the full emotional register of Black American life in 1961.
Percussion Bitter Sweet, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, is one of preeminent jazz drummer Max Roach's most politically charged and musically expansive recordings. Recorded over two days in September 1960 at Universal Studios in Chicago, the record reflects Roach's deepening engagement with themes of social justice and Pan-African identity. The ensemble features trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, and tuba innovator Ray Draper, alongside Roach's own commanding blend of cymbal textures, mallets, and explosive rhythmic detail. The inclusion of vocalist Abbey Lincoln - Roach's artistic and political partner at the time - adds urgency and emotional power to the project's most pointed statements. Elsewhere, "Mama" and "Praise for a Martyr" explore personal and collective grief through dynamic interplay and modal intensity. The Verve Vault series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
UPC: 602478262890
Label: Verve
Release Date: 12.12.25
Format: LP Vinyl
Tracklist
Side A
1. Garvey's Ghost (7:51)
2. Mama (4:48)
3. Tender Warriors (6:51)
Side B
1. Praise For A Martyr (7:08)
2. Mendacity (8:52)
3. Man From South Africa (5:12)
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