Members, Don't Git Weary

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Members, Don't Git Weary
Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedJune 25 & 26, 1968
New York City
GenreJazz
Length31:17
LabelAtlantic
SD 1510
ProducerJoel Dorn
Max Roach chronology
Drums Unlimited
(1965-66)
Members, Don't Git Weary
(1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing
(1971)

Members, Don't Git Weary is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1968 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Alex Henderson calls it "One of the finest post-bop dates Roach recorded during that decade".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Cowell except as indicated

  1. "Abstrutions" - 3:40
  2. "Libra" (Gary Bartz) - 4:58
  3. "Effi" - 6:15
  4. "Equipoise" - 6:22
  5. "Members, Don't Git Weary" (Max Roach) - 5:32
  6. "Absolutions" (Jymie Merritt) - 4:39
  • Recorded in New York on June 25 (tracks 2-4 & 6) and June 26 (tracks 1 & 5), 1968

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 25, 2012
  2. ^ a b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed September 25, 2012
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.