| Speak, Brother, Speak! | ||||
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| Live album by Max Roach | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | October 27, 1962 | |||
| Venue | The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:33 | |||
| Label | Fantasy LP 6007 | |||
| Max Roach chronology | ||||
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Speak, Brother, Speak! is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released by the Fantasy label.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Down Beat | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
| Tom Hull | A− |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "The music is somewhere between hard bop and the avant-garde, and the musicians really push each other, although the results are not quite essential. Clifford Jordan fans in particular will find this to be an interesting set".
Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
- "Speak, Brother, Speak" (Clifford Jordan, Eddie Khan, Max Roach, Mal Waldron) - 25:03
- "A Variation" - 20:30
Personnel
References
- Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
- ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
- Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.