Speak, Brother, Speak!

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Speak, Brother, Speak!
Live album by
Released1963
RecordedOctober 27, 1962
The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California
GenreJazz
Length45:33
LabelFantasy
LP 6007
Max Roach chronology
It's Time
(1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak!
(1963)
The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan
(1964)

Speak, Brother, Speak! is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released by the Fantasy label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Down Beat[3]
Tom HullA–[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "The music is somewhere between hard bop and the avant-garde, and the musicians really push each other, although the results are not quite essential. Clifford Jordan fans in particular will find this to be an interesting set".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

  1. "Speak, Brother, Speak" (Clifford Jordan, Eddie Khan, Max Roach, Mal Waldron) - 25:03
  2. "A Variation" - 20:30

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
  3. ^ Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.