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The Complete Mercury Sessions

Max Roach Quintet, Ray Bryant (piano), George Morrow (upright bass), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Billy Wallace (piano), The Max Roach 4, Clifford Brown (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), George Morrow (double bass), Harold Land (saxophone), Richie Powell (piano), Buddy Rich...

  • Release Date: 10th Jan 2012
  • Catalogue No: 2784331
  • Label: Verve
  • Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

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Contents

Max Roach: Mr. X

Work length5:14
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, John W. Green, Robert Sour: Body And Soul

Work length6:50
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Porter, C: Just One of Those Things

Work length7:19
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

George Russell: Ezz-Thetic

Work length9:19
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Rodgers, R: Jumbo: The Most Beautiful Girl In the World

Work length7:12
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), George Morrow (upright bass), Ray Bryant (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-09-19
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Gillespie, D: Woody 'n' You

Work length6:52
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Max Roach: Dr. Free-Zee

Work length2:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II: I'll Take Romance

Work length4:33
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), George Morrow (upright bass), Billy Wallace (piano)
  • Recorded: 1957-03-18
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA: Capitol

Irving Mills, Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Work length4:43
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA

Max Roach: Blues Waltz

Work length6:34
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), George Morrow (upright bass), Billy Wallace (piano)
  • Recorded: 1957-03-18
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA: Capitol

Young, V: Love Letters

Work length8:55
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA: Capitol

Max Roach: Little Folks

Work length5:37
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), George Morrow (upright bass), Billy Wallace (piano)
  • Recorded: 1957-03-20
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA: Capitol

Ray Bryant: Minor Trouble

Work length6:59
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA: Capitol

Rollins, Sonny: Valse Hot

Work length14:23
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), George Morrow (upright bass), Billy Wallace (piano)
  • Recorded: 1957-03-20
  • Recording Venue: Hollywood, CA: Capitol

Rodgers, R: Lover

Work length6:14
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Kenny Dorham (trumpet), George Morrow (upright bass), Billy Wallace (piano)
  • Recorded: 1957-03-21

Max Roach: Raoul

Work length4:47
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Arlen: This Time the Dream's on Me

Work length5:18
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Tune-Up

Work length7:43
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Confirmation

Work length4:26
$0.85
$1.15
  • The Max Roach 4
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Au Privave

Work length4:16
$0.85
$1.15
  • The Max Roach 4
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker: Anthropology

Work length4:26
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Yardbird Suite

Work length3:53
$1.10
$1.50
  • The Max Roach 4
  • Recorded: 1957
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Billie's Bounce

Work length5:35
$0.85
$1.15
  • The Max Roach 4
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Ko-Ko

Work length7:57
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Parker's Mood

Work length8:21
$0.85
$1.15
  • The Max Roach 4
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Shirley

Work length6:30
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston: My Old Flame

Work length3:34
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Bill Lee: Sporty

Work length5:51
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Victor Young, Ned Washington: Stella By Starlight

Work length4:22
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Chick William Webb, Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb: Stompin' At The Savoy

Work length2:52
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Brown (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), Max Roach Quintet, Harold Land (saxophone), George Morrow (double bass), Richie Powell (piano)
  • Recorded: 1955

Memo: To Maurice

Work length7:33
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Shirley

Work length6:38
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston: My Old Flame

Work length3:38
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Memo: To Maurice

Work length7:46
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Benny Goodman, Chick William Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo: Stompin' at the Savoy

Work length0:54
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Spoken Introduction By Max Roach

Work length2:33
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1957

McKinley "Kenny" Dorham: La Villa

Work length6:19
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Brown, Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Newport, RI

Dizzy Gillespie, Masahiko Togashi: A Night In Tunisia

Work length8:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach, Clifford Brown
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Newport, RI

Deeds, Not Words

Work length4:28
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Newport, RI

Minor Mode

Work length5:30
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Newport, RI

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Tune Up

Work length5:21
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Newport, RI

Porter, C: Love For Sale

Work length9:57
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: Newport, RI

Consuela Lee Morehead: Prelude

Work length5:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Richard Abrams: Lepa

Work length2:08
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Bill Lee: Connie's Bounce

Work length5:18
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Max Roach: A Little Sweet

Work length3:05
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Max Roach: Tympanalli

Work length4:52
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Monk, T: Bemsha Swing

Work length5:26
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Harold Hopper, Tom Adair, George Durgom, Hal Hopper: There's No You

Work length5:41
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Prima: Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)

Work length4:08
$1.10
$1.50
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Gigi Gryce: The Casbah

Work length4:59
$1.10
$1.50
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1986
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Adam Geibel, Earl Burtnett: Sleep

Work length3:19
$1.10
$1.50
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Buddy Rich, Max Roach: Figure Eights

Work length4:29
$1.10
$1.50
  • Buddy Rich (drums), Max Roach (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach: Yesterdays

Work length5:41
$0.85
$1.15
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Big Foot

Work length4:59
$1.10
$1.50
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Philip Braham: Limehouse Blues

Work length3:44
$0.85
$1.15
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Dan Russo, Ernie Erdman: Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye

Work length3:57
$0.85
$1.15
  • Buddy Rich Quintet, Max Roach Quintet, Bobby Boswell (upright bass), Julian Priester (trombone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), John Bunch (piano), Phil Leshin (double bass), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Buddy Rich (drums)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Fine Recording Studio, New York City

Edward Heyman, John W. Green: You're Mine, You

Work length2:43
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen: Come Rain Or Come Shine

Work length3:19
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin: Wild Is the Wind

Work length3:17
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Weill, K: Speak low

Work length2:50
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Porter, C: I Concentrate on You

Work length4:52
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Abbey Lincoln (vocals), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Langston Hughes, Kurt Weill: Moon-Faced and Starry-Eyed

Work length2:56
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Jerry Livingston, Raymond B. Evans: Never Let Me Go

Work length3:04
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Gene DePaul, Johnny Mercer, Jim Mercer: Namely You

Work length2:54
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach (drums), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Jenkins, G: Never Leave Me

Work length6:46
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Abbey Lincoln (vocals), Ray Bryant (piano), Bob Boswell (bass)
  • Recorded: 1959-10-10
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney: You're My Thrill

Work length3:41
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Philip Braham: Limehouse Blues

Work length3:56
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1986
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Gigi Gryce: The Casbah

Work length4:39
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Big Foot

Work length5:02
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Parker, Charlie: Big Foot

Work length5:15
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1986
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Prima: Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)

Work length4:23
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach Quintet, Buddy Rich Quintet, Buddy Rich (drums), Phil Woods (alto saxophone), Phil Leshin (double bass), John Bunch (piano), Willie Dennis (trombone), Max Roach (drums), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Bobby Boswell (upright bass)
  • Recorded: 1986
  • Recording Venue: New York City: Fine

Weill, K: Speak low

Work length2:05
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Weill, K: Speak low

Work length2:53
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Never Let Me Go

Work length3:08
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Never Let Me Go

Work length3:11
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen: Come Rain or Come Shine

Work length3:00
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen: Come Rain or Come Shine

Work length3:10
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Tiomkin: Wild is the Wind: Theme

Work length3:17
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Edward Heyman, John W. Green: You're Mine, You

Work length3:11
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Edward Heyman, John W. Green: You're Mine, You

Work length2:47
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Edward Heyman, John W. Green: You're Mine, You

Work length2:50
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Porter, C: I Concentrate on You

Work length4:49
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Jenkins, G: Never Leave Me

Work length6:43
$0.85
$1.15
  • Max Roach
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Universal Studios, Chicago

Quiet as It's Kept

Work length6:10
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

To Lady

Work length6:06
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

McKinley "Kenny" Dorham: Lotus Blossom

Work length5:32
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Brown
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

As Long as You're Living

Work length5:56
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Warren, H: The more I see you

Work length4:02
$0.85
$1.15
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Julian Priester: Juliano

Work length5:42
$1.10
$1.50
  • Clifford Brown
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY

Parisian Sketches

Work length17:08
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Bob Boswell (bass guitar)
  • Recorded: 1960
  • Recording Venue: Paris

Max Roach: Nica

Work length4:46
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Bob Boswell (bass guitar)
  • Recorded: 1960
  • Recording Venue: Paris

Max Roach: Petit Dejeuner

Work length4:03
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Bob Boswell (bass guitar)
  • Recorded: 1960
  • Recording Venue: Paris

Max Roach: Un Nouveau Complet

Work length3:22
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Bob Boswell (bass guitar)
  • Recorded: 1960
  • Recording Venue: Paris

Max Roach: Liberte

Work length6:25
$1.10
$1.50
  • Max Roach (drums), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Bob Boswell (bass guitar)
  • Recorded: 1960
  • Recording Venue: Paris

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