Max RoachFeaturing: Coleman Hawkins, Julian Priester
Freedom Now Suite (LP)
LabelColumbiaGenreJazz & Improvisation
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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.
Release notes
Label says mono but plays in stereo. Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, New York, August 31 and September 6, 1960. This release is titled "We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite" on spine and labels.
| A1 | Driva' Man | 5:10 | |
| A2 | Freedom Day | 6:02 | |
| A3 | Triptych: Prayer, Protest, Peace | 7:58 | |
| B1 | All Africa | 7:57 | |
| B2 | Tears For Johannesburg | 9:36 |
- Ken Robbins
- Artwork [Color Artwork]
- James Schenck
- Bass (A1, A2, B1, B2)
- Michael Olatunji
- Congas (B1, B2)
- John Berg
- Design
- Max Roach
- Drums, Producer
- Bob D'Orleans
- Engineer
- Bruce Lundvall
- Executive-Producer
- Jim Fishel
- Executive-Producer
- Nat Hentoff
- Liner Notes, Recording Supervisor
- Raymond Mantilla
- Percussion (B1, B2)
- Tomas du Vall
- Percussion (B1, B2)
- Bob Parent
- Photography By
- Vladimir Meller
- Remastered By
- Coleman Hawkins
- Tenor Saxophone (A1)
- Walter Benton
- Tenor Saxophone (A1, A2, B1, B2)
- Julian Priester
- Trombone (A1, A2, B1, B2)
- Booker Little
- Trumpet (A1, A2, B1, B2)
- Abbey Lincoln
- Vocals
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