condition (record/cover): NM / NM

1960, and one of the bravest records in the history of American music: Max Roach's civil rights suite We Insist!, with Abbey Lincoln's voice as its conscience - her wordless scream in "Triptych" remains one of the most harrowing passages ever put on record - Coleman Hawkins as its elder statesman, and Olatunji's drums binding America to Africa. Written with Oscar Brown Jr. for the Emancipation centennial, released into the teeth of the struggle, and paid for professionally by everyone involved. Protest art of the highest order that also happens to be a magnificent jazz record. Terrifyingly current, still. Columbia reissue.