MAX ROACH QUARTET "ANTIBES 1977"

 

This is the last post from the short series with recordings from the Jazz festival in Antibes 1977.

Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet
Billy Harper, tenor saxophone
Reggie Workman, double bass
Max Roach, drums

01 - It's Time (MR,comp) 15:24
02 - Six Bits Blues (MR,comp) 18:50
03 - Round About Midnight (TM,comp) 6:43
04 - South Africa (MR) - Ann MR 8:30

Recorded on July 21, 1977 at Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Juan-les-Pins.
(fm)

MAX ROACH QUARTET "LIVE IN AMSTERDAM" (BAYSTATE, 1977)

 

 Here's a reup of Paul's post - below we have the original text which is still current.

< Max Roach Quartet in Amsterdam 1977 If you ever saw this band, it was a knockout, muscular sax, polyrhythms, always ancient to the future... Baystate LP, vinyl Rip, wav files >

 

Billy Harper, tenor saxophone
Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet
Reggie Workman, double bass
Max Roach, drums


1. It's Time (Roach) 22:49
2. Call of the Wild & Peacful Heart (Harper) 26:12

Recorded live August 17, 1977 at the "Jazzhaus", Amsterdam, Holland.

Baystate ‎– RVJ-6029
(vinyl rip - 96 khz)

MAX ROACH "CONFIRMATION" (FLUID RECORDS, 1978)

 

A contribution by Pablo - by request 

Billy Harper, tenor saxophone
Cecil Bridgwater, trumpet
Calvin Hill, double bass
Max Roach, drums

1. Confirmation 12:18       
2. Giant Steps     8:05   
3. The Profit 7:49       
4. Sunday Afternoon 7:01       
5. Soliloquy 6:17

Recorded 10.6.1978 at the studio Sysmo Records Paris, France.

Fluid Records FLUID 103
(vinyl rip - 96 khz)

MAX ROACH "THE LOADSTAR" (HORO, 1977)

 

 

Resurrected post with a high defintion vinyl rip.

Here's the original write up:

Horo Number 3 from I Forgot Clifford. I had 5 Max Roach discs on Clifford, and 2 of them were in the top ten (this one and Confirmation). This may be a bit surprising since much of the blog had free jazz. Max transcended generations having bopped with Bird and later played with Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Shepp, hip hoppers, MBoom, etc. I have posted this one because it is very rare and contains a lot of music. As noted previously, Billy Harper is great on this disc. If you are new to Max's drums, listen to the dialogue he sets up between snare and bass drum. The last of this breed may be Roy Haynes. 

 

Billy Harper, tenor saxophone
Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet
Reggie Workman, double bass
Max Roach, drums

1. The Matyr  32:41
2. Six Bits Blues 34:23


Recorded at Mama Dog Studio July 27, 1977 in Rome.

Horo Records HDP 9-10

(high definition vinyl rip)

  in flac with pictures from the web

 

Thanks to Pablo for the rip and the idea of reposting it in the first place.

The Cookers - Live in Milan '12

Having re-uploaded an "old concert" by Billy Harper, is natural to post a more recent one.
"The Cookers is an all-star ensemble made up primarily of veteran bandleaders and star soloists, including tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, alto saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Billy Hart."

Rec. live at "Teatro Manzoni", Milan, Italy, on February 19, 2012 (mics recording)

Eddie Henderson/David Weiss,trumpets
Craig Handy,alto sax & flute
Billy Harper,tenor sax
George Cables,piano
Cecil McBee,bass
Billy Hart,drums

1. Capra Black [B.Harper] (11:13)
2. Peacemaker [C.McBee] (19:34)
3. Croquet Ballet [B.Harper] (16:53)
4. Sweet Rita Suite, Pt.2: Her Soul [G.Cables] (13:15)
5. The Cure [F.Hubbard] (27:30)
6. Priestess (encore) [B.Harper] (13:00)

Total Time 1:41:27

Croquet Ballet (excerpt)

Billy Harper Quintet - Live in Rome '81 [New Links]

Recorded by "Ilario", a very long concert by the great Texan saxophonist.

Rec. live at "Teatro Olimpico", Rome, Italy, on March 31, 1981
(mix recording)

Billy Harper,tenor sax
Chris Albert,trumpet
Armen Donelian,piano
Andrew Mckee,bass
Newman Taylor-Baker,drums

First Set (1:09:11) :
1. Dance, Eternal Spirit, Dance! (09:34)
2. Call Of The Wild And Peaceful Heart (22:18)
3. Trying To Make Heaven My Home (23:13)
4. Croquet Ballet (14:04)

Second Set (1:17:13) :
5. Inside (11:27)
6. Soran-Bushi, B.H. (19:50)
7. Cry Of Hunger (34:44)
8. Groove From Heaven (11:10)

Total Time 2:26:24

All compositions by B.Harper except track 3 [J.Parth]

Croquet Ballet

Max Roach Quartet - Live in Milan '78

What can i add about Max ?

Rec. live at "Teatro Ciak", Milan, Italy, on May 4, 1978
(mics recording)

Billy Harper,tenor sax
Cecil Bridgewater,trumpet
Calvin Hill,bass
Max Roach,drums

01. It's Time [M.Roach] (11:28)
02. Call Of The Wild And Peaceful Heart [B.Harper] (10:53)
03. Mr. Hi Hat (Papa Jo) [M.Roach] (03:25)
04. Six Bits Blues [O.Cadena] (08:49)
05. Scott Free [C.Bridgewater] (14:06)
06. 'Round About Midnight [T.Monk] (05:26)
07. South Africa Goddam [M.Roach] (04:15)
08. Calvary [Traditional] (13:54)
09. Effi [S.Cowell] (12:04)
10. As Long As You're Living [M.Roach] (07:19)
11. Cherokee [R.Noble] (09:58)

Total Time 1:41:42