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1966 studio album by Max Roach
Drums Unlimited is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1965 and 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.[ 1]
Reception
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
"The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:34
"Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 12:43
"Drums Unlimited" - 4:23
"St. Louis Blues " (W.C. Handy ) - 5:22
"For Big Sid" - 3:04
"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
^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X .
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week" . Tom Hull – On the Web . Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
Albums
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
MAX (1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich , 1959)
The Many Sides of Max (1959)
Long as You're Living (1960)
Parisian Sketches (1960)
We Insist! (1960)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington , Charles Mingus , 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)
Drums Unlimited (1965)
Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Re: Percussion (M'Boom , Strata-East , 1973)
Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton , 1978)
Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor , 1979)
M'Boom (1979)
One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton , 1979)
Pictures in a Frame (1979)
The Long March (and Archie Shepp , 1979)
In the Light (1982)
Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
It's Christmas Again (1984)
Scott Free (1984)
Survivors (1984)
Easy Winners (1985)
Bright Moments (1986)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)
To the Max! (1990–91)
With Clifford Brown Compilations
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Open Sesame (1960)
Goin' Up (1960)
Hub Cap (1961)
Minor Mishap /Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson , 1961)
Ready for Freddie (1961)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Hub-Tones (1962)
Here to Stay (1962)
The Body & the Soul (1963)
Breaking Point! (1964)
Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath , 1965)
The Night of the Cookers (1965)
Blue Spirits (1965–66)
Backlash (1966)
High Blues Pressure (1967)
A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
The Black Angel (1969)
The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
Red Clay (1970)
Straight Life (1970)
Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu , 1970)
First Light (1971)
Polar AC (1971–73)
Sky Dive (1972)
Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine , 1974)
High Energy (1974)
Gleam (1975)
Liquid Love (1975)
Windjammer (1976)
Bundle of Joy (1977)
Super Blue (1978)
The Love Connection (1979)
Skagly (1979)
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry , Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson , 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
Born to Be Blue (1981)
Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
Outpost (1981)
Rollin' (1981)
Splash (1981)
Above & Beyond (1982)
Back to Birdland (1982)
Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
Ride Like the Wind (1982)
The Rose Tattoo (1983)
Sweet Return (1983)
Double Take (with Woody Shaw , 1985)
Life Flight (1987)
The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey , 1988)
Times Are Changing (1989)
Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
Bolivia (1990–91)
At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
Blues for Miles (1992)
MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
New Colors (2000)
On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers WithDexter Gordon WithHerbie Hancock WithBobby Hutcherson WithQuincy Jones WithWayne Shorter With others
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson , 1969)
Out of This World (Walter Benton , 1960)
True Blue (Tina Brooks , 1960)
God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell , 1971)
Cables' Vision (George Cables , 1979)
Droppin' Things (Betty Carter , 1990)
Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman , 1960)
Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane , 1961)
Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy , 1960)
Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew , 1960)
Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland , 1973)
Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin , 1967)
Interplay (Bill Evans , 1962)
Sonic Text (Joe Farrell , 1979)
Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1960)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson , 1961)
Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton , 1960)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Big Band (Joe Henderson , 1996)
Pax (Andrew Hill , 1965)
Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
Sunflower (Milt Jackson , 1972)
Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
52nd Street (Billy Joel , 1978)
Reg Strikes Back (Elton John , 1988)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson , 1960)
Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan , 1982)
Essence (John Lewis , 1960–62)
Water Sign (Jeff Lorber , 1979)
Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews , 1963)
Bluesnik (Jackie McLean , 1961)
MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet , 1994)
Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery , 1958)
Roll Call (Hank Mobley , 1960)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson , 1961)
Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson , 1966)
The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
Contours (Sam Rivers , 1965)
Drums Unlimited (Max Roach , 1965)
East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins , 1966)
Numbers (Rufus , 1978)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin , 1965)
Giant Box (Don Sebesky , 1973)
Sugar (Stanley Turrentine , 1970)
Together (McCoy Tyner , 1978)
Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
Soundscapes (Cedar Walton , 1980)
Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston , 1960)
Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)