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The Many Sides Of Max

The Many Sides Of Max cover
Recorded1959
LabelTrip
Released1959
Personnel7 credited players
Discogsmaster 543225

The record

Budget reissue packaging undersells a real transitional document -- Booker Little's brass and George Coleman's tenor pushing against Ray Bryant's blues-rooted piano as Roach's writing edges toward something more open. Worth seeking out past the Trip label's plain dressing.

Session personnel

  • Bob Boswell — bass [credit error]
  • Art Davis — bass [uncredited]
  • Max Roach — drums, timpani
  • Ray Bryant — piano
  • George Coleman — tenor saxophone
  • Julian Priester — trombone
  • Booker Little — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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