Drums Unlimited is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1965 and 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "essentially advanced hard-bop with a generous amount of space taken up by Roach's drum solos... because of the melodic and logically-planned nature of his improvisations, they continually hold on to one's attention".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

  1. "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:34
  2. "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 12:43
  3. "Drums Unlimited" - 4:23
  4. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) - 5:22
  5. "For Big Sid" - 3:04
  6. "In the Red (A Christmas Carol)" - 12:21
  • Recorded in New York on October 14, 1965 (tracks 1 & 4), October 20, 1965 (tracks 2 & 6) and April 25, 1966 (tracks 3 & 5)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums_Unlimited
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