Roach,Max Collaborations CD

American jazz drummer and composer Maxwell Lemuel Roach, born January 10, 1924, was a pioneer of bebop, and worked in many other styles of music too. Roach is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famed jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992. This 4CD collection of original albums on which Max Roach led or co-led, brings together the finest work he ever performed in the company of other jazz greats. Featuring masterful albums Max made with such luminaries as Clifford Brown, Duke Ellington, Hank Mobley, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, his wife Abbey Lincoln, and a host of others, this collection includes eight such collaborative records, all digitally remastered for the finest quality. All at once making for a delightful compilation of many of Roach's best ever recordings, this set will work equally well for those new to Max Roach's music as it will to those longer-term fans who require a gentle reminder of just how dynamic, creative and downright talented Max Roach always was.

1. Cou-manchi-cou 2. Just One Of Those Things 3. Glow Worm 4. Mobleyzation 5. Chi-chi 6. Kismet 7. I'm A Fool To Want You 8. Sfax 9. Orientation 10. Drum Conversation 11. Sweet Clifford 12. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance 13. Stompin' At The Savoy 14. I'll Sting Along with You 15. Mildama 16. Darn That Dream 17. I Get A Kick Out Of You 18. Delilah 19. Parsian Thoroughfare 20. The Blues Walk 21. Daahoud 22. Joy Spring 23. Jordu 24. What Am I Here For 25. Facts About Max 26. Milano Blues 27. Swingin' The Blues 28. Breadline Blues 29. Bye Bye Blues 30. Blues In The Night 31. Royal Garden Blues 32. Count's Blues 33. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) 34. The Casbah 35. Sleep 36. Figure Eights 37. Yesterday's 38. Big Foot 39. Limehouse Blues 40. Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye 41. Money Jungle 42. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) 43. Very Special 44. Warm Valley 45. Wig Wise 46. Caravan 47. Solitude 48. Milestones 49. Sweet and Lovely 50. Rounder's Mood 51. Dungeon Waltz 52. Jewel's Tempo 53. Moonlight Becomes You 54. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 55. Driva' Man 56. Freedom Day 57. Triptch 58. All Africa 59. Tears For Johanessburg