We Insist! - Freedom Now
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| We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite | ||
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| Studio album by Max Roach | ||
| Released | 1960 | |
| Recorded | Aug 31, 1960,Sep 6, 1960 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 36:43 | |
| Label | Candid Records | |
| Producer(s) | Engineering: Bob d'Orleans; Supervision: Nat Hentoff | |
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| Max Roach chronology | ||
| Parisian Sketches (1960) |
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960) |
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We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is a 1960 jazz album containing a suite which Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation [1].
[edit] Track listing
- "Driva Man" – 5:10
- "Freedom Day" – 6:02
- "Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace" – 7:58
- "All Africa" – 7:57
- "Tears for Johannesburg" – 9:36
[edit] Musicians
- Abbey Lincoln, vocals
- Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone on "Driva Man"
- Walter Benton, tenor saxophone
- Booker Little, trumpet
- Julian Priester, trombone
- James Schenk, bass
- Max Roach, drums
- Michael Olatunji, conga drums on "Tears for Johannesburg"
- Raymond Mantillo, percussion on "Tears for Johannesburg"
- Tomas du Vall, percussion on "Tears for Johannesburg"
[edit] References
- ^ LP Sleevenotes by Nat Hentoff
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