Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

~ Release by Booker Little 4 & Max Roach (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

Notes

This late reissue bundles together The Defiant Ones and two unrelated jam tracks (apparently from Memphis 1958 or 1959).
That kind of assemblage is of course a bit messy (blame United Artists and/or Blue Note and/or EMI), but the material is definitely interesting.
Hard-bop amateurs can dig this eyes-closed.

Annotation last modified on 2007-12-04 03:37 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Milestones
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (in 1958-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1958-10)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (in 1958-10)
tenor saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1958-10)
trumpet:
Booker Little (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (in 1958-10)
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”) (in 1958-10)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Jazz Horn Music and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach5:36
2Sweet and Lovely
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
double bass [bass]:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (in 1958-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1958-10)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (in 1958-10)
trumpet:
Booker Little (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (in 1958-10)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet and Lovely (in 1958-10)
lyricist:
Harry Tobias
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Charles N. Daniels
publisher:
Harry Tobias Music, Keith Prowse Music, Redwood Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1931), Chappell & Co. (in 1931), Quartet Music Inc. (in 1931) and Range Road Music Inc. (in 1931)
cover recording of:
Sweet and Lovely
lyricist:
Harry Tobias
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Charles N. Daniels
publisher:
Harry Tobias Music, Keith Prowse Music, Redwood Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1931), Chappell & Co. (in 1931), Quartet Music Inc. (in 1931) and Range Road Music Inc. (in 1931)
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach4:16
3Rounder’s Mood
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (in 1958-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1958-10)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (in 1958-10)
tenor saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1958-10)
trumpet:
Booker Little (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (in 1958-10)
recording of:
Rounder's Mood (in 1958-10)
composer:
Booker Little
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach5:23
4Dungeon Waltz
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (in 1958-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1958-10)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (in 1958-10)
trumpet:
Booker Little (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (in 1958-10)
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach4:30
5Jewel’s Tempo
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (in 1958-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1958-10)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (in 1958-10)
tenor saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1958-10)
trumpet:
Booker Little (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (in 1958-10)
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach6:38
6Moonlight Becomes You
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
double bass [bass]:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (in 1958-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1958-10)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (in 1958-10)
trumpet:
Booker Little (in 1958-10)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (in 1958-10)
cover recording of:
Moonlight Becomes You (in 1958-10)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach5:43
7Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
alto saxophone:
Frank Strozier (on 1959-04-15)
bass:
George Joyner (on 1959-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Charles Crosby (drums) (on 1959-04-15)
guitar:
Calvin Newborn (50s US R&B guitar player) (on 1959-04-15)
instruments:
Charles Crosby (drums) (on 1959-04-15)
piano:
Phineas Newborn, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1959-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-04-15)
trumpet:
Booker Little (on 1959-04-15) and Louis Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-04-15)
recorded at:
Olmstead Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-15)
instrumental recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
Booker Little10:48
8Blue ’n’ Boogie
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
alto saxophone:
Frank Strozier (on 1959-04-15)
bass:
George Joyner (on 1959-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Charles Crosby (drums) (on 1959-04-15)
guitar:
Calvin Newborn (50s US R&B guitar player) (on 1959-04-15)
instruments:
Charles Crosby (drums) (on 1959-04-15)
piano:
Phineas Newborn, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1959-04-15)
tenor saxophone:
George Coleman (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-04-15)
trumpet:
Booker Little (on 1959-04-15) and Louis Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-04-15)
recorded at:
Olmstead Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-15)
recording of:
Blue ’n’ Boogie
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
Booker Little8:10